About This Item


  • Call NumberMEMO_0031
  • TitleWe're mighty proud
  • SummarySailor shaking hand of man in suit as sailor's mother looks on; banner for Brooklyn Preparatory School behind them. Caption on verso: "We're Mighty Proud: That is what Charles P. Lambert, chairman of the campaign to collect $500,000 for the Brooklyn Preparatory School War Memorial Building, and Mrs. Arthur S. Aubry say to Mrs. Aubry's son, John Francis Aubry, seaman 2/c, former Brooklyn Prep student home on leave from the Southern Pacific, now awaiting reassignment. He will return as a student at Brooklyn Prep when he receives his discharge from the navy."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Feb. 10, 1946; photographer's inscription; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Catholic schools -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- 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 II