About This Item


  • Call NumberMEMO_0026
  • TitleSpur memorial
  • SummaryThree men and one woman conversing in off-stage area; partial view of band playing in left background; location unknown. Caption on verso: "Spur Memorial: Backstage at the Brooklyn War Memorial rally Walter (Red) Barber, left, chats with Sgt. Tommy Kelly, holder of Congressional Medal of Honor, while Mrs. Tracy S. Voorhees, awaiting her turn at the microphone, explains a point to Charles E. Murphy."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 19, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBarber, Red, 1908-1992 ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soldiers -- 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: Memorials: Brooklyn War Memorial: Fundraising I