About This Item

  • Title[Unveiling of memorial plaque]
  • Call NumberARM_0022
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwo elderly women with military caps and capes standing with soldier before American flag and memorial plaque. Caption: "Veterans of Co. H. of 106th Infantry unveiled memorial plaque to 33 of their war dead in the Armory at Bedford and Atlantic Aves. and participating were, left to right, Mrs. Mary Porter, president of the Gold Star Mothers of Kings County; Capt. Clifford W. Butt, commander of Co. H, and Mrs. Rose Byrnes, whose son, William, is named on the memorial."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: may 27/39. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York (State). National Guard ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Armories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial rites and ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.