About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0096
  • TitleHidden by weeds
  • SummaryMan in suit standing by overgrown bushes in front of obelisk inscribed "Brooklyn Fourteenth" at the Civil War battlefield of Manassas or Bull Run. Caption on verso: "Assemblyman Lewis W. Ollifee of Brooklyn shows how monument honoring Brooklyn soldiers who fell in the Civil War's second Battle of Bull Run, Va., was neglected, so that he felt compelled to introduce his bill to protect and preserve four historic markers there."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 4, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States. Army. New York Infantry Regiment, 84th (1861-1864) ; Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va., 1862 -- Monuments ; War memorials -- Virginia -- Manassas ; Obelisks -- Virginia -- Manassas ; Politicians -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationManassas National Battlefield Park (Va.)
  • 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: General