About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0151
  • TitleWorld War I memorial attached to tree
  • SummaryClose-up of memorial marker on protective railing of tree at unknown location in Brooklyn; scrap of soldier's uniform (apparently) tied around trunk of tree; plaque attached to railing on tree reads, "PVT. WILLIAM S. DRAKE Co. A 6th Engineers Killed in Action JULY 16th 1918."
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: May 12/19. Retouched.
  • SubjectWar memorials -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: Victory Trees