About This Item

  • TitleTribute to the dead
  • Call NumberHOLI_0418
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryProcession of marching band followed by honor guard followed by motorcade on roadway in Cypress Hills Cemetery; allee of tall trees on either side of roadway; bystanders on benches in right foreground. Caption on verso: "Tribute To the Dead: Led by the Army Air Corps band of Mitchel Field, the American Legion, Kings County, parades past the rows of dead to the amphitheater of Cypress Hills for memorial services."
  • Date1947
  • 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: May 26, 1947; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmerican Legion ; Cypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bands (Music) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Color guards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.