About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0523
  • TitleTojo be hanged
  • SummaryFour men gathered outside second story windows of brick building, where a dummy of General Tojo is being hanged in effigy; one man about to hit dummy with broom; another affixing sign reading "Rest In Pieces"; other signs fixed to effigy read, "So Solly" and "Tojos Last Stand"; location unknown. Caption on verso: "Tojo Be Hanged: Exultant Brooklynites give vent to their victory joy by hanging the Jap war lord in effigy."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 15, 1945; "Eagle Staff Photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectV-J Day, 1945 -- New York (State) -- New York ; Executions in effigy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Apartment houses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Celebrations: V-Day