About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0123
  • TitleDedication ceremony for memorial statue of Henry Ward Beecher
  • SummaryAerial view of dedication ceremony for reinstallation of statue of Henry Ward Beecher by John Quincy Adams Ward in front of Brooklyn Borough Hall; large crowd around triangular plaza holding the statue; reviewing stand draped with bunting on steps of Borough Hall in left foreground; marching band, schoolchildren, and many others on plaza before statue.
  • Date[1940?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBeecher, Henry Ward, 1813-1887 -- Statues ; Ward, John Quincy Adams, 1830-1910 ; Brooklyn Borough Hall (New York, N.Y.) ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Dedications -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Henry Ward Beecher