About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0406
  • TitleThe flag goes by
  • SummarySoldiers, veterans, and some civilians marching in procession with flags; bystanders watching from sidewalk; apartment buildings on Easten Parkway in background. Caption on verso: "The Flag Goes By: Massed colors in Memorial Day parade brighten a gray day as procession swings along Eastern Parkway. Lowering skies and whipping wind kept number of marchers to about 9,000, fewest in history, according to borough veterans' leaders."
  • Date1952
  • 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 31, 1952; photographer's stamp.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Color guards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Memorial Day: American Flag