About This Item

  • TitleDecorating graves
  • Call NumberHOLI_0422
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree Boy Scouts placing flags at headstones in cemetery. Caption on verso: "Decorating Graves of veterans at Cypress Hills Cemetery are Boy Scouts Gregory Judge of 68 Norwood Ave., Jospeh Schilter of 129 Norwood Ave., and Donald Misar of 79 Etna St., all members of Troop 251. A flag was placed on the grave of every veteran in the cemetery yesterday in preparation for Memorial Day."
  • Date1948
  • 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: May 30, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boy Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.