About This Item

  • Call NumberCLUB_0317
  • TitleBuilding a floral Liberty Bell
  • SummaryCaption: "Building a floral Liberty Bell--Lt. Col. Alex Pisciotta of the Air Force, a Magistrate on leave, puts the finishing touches on a replica of the Liberty Bell, made of flowers, at the annual Flag Day exercises of the Brooklyn Lodge of Elks at the Music Grove in Prospect Park. Other lodge members participating, left to right, are Vincent D. Damiani, Esteemed Leading Knight; former Magistrate Lee Healy; Official Referee Samuel C. Duberstein, and John J. Cuite, Exalted Ruler."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Jun[e] 18, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States. Air Force -- Officers ; Clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Floral decorations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Liberty Bell
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Clubs: Social: Elks: III