About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0469
  • Title[Volunteer firemen saluting at 1938 annual parade]
  • SummaryThree elderly firemen with bouquets and horn saluting at annual parade in Brooklyn Heights. Caption: "Scenes like these, familiar to Brooklyn on Washington's Birthday for 48 years, will not be repeated this year, for the Kings County Volunteer Firemen's Association has failed to win the necessary $1,500 expense money from the city for its annual parade...."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 4 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: Jan. 13, 1940. Retouched.
  • CreatorWide World Photos, Inc.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVolunteer fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Firemen: Volunteer: Annual Parade 1940