About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0036
  • Title$50,000 to War Memorial
  • SummaryTwo men in suits exchanging check. Caption on verso: "$50.000 To War Memorial: Robert E. Blum, right, presents check for that sum to Charles E. Murphy, public relations chairman of the Brooklyn War Memorial Committee, at campaign headquarters, 215 Montague St. The check was a gift from the Abraham & Straus department store toward the $1,500,000 drive and was made in tribute to the store's 1,107 employees who served in the war and in memory of 19 who died in action."
  • 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: Mar. 3, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- 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