About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0040
  • TitleElisabeth Gordon
  • SummaryStudio portrait of Elisabeth Gordon Chandler, a sculptor who won the commission for allegorical figures on World War II Memorial at Cadmen Plaza, subsequently awarded to different sculptors.
  • Date[ca. 1940]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Women sculptors -- 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: Proposals I