About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0116
  • TitleNo more green pastures for this gun
  • SummaryView of World War I cannon behind iron fence on grassy plot; flagpole at left; leafy trees in background. Caption on verso: "No More Green Pastures for This Gun: The national drive for scrap will result in the removal of this cannon at Heisser Square, Knickerbocker and Myrtle Aves. Tons of mementoes of the last war are being poured into the country's war factories."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: "Eagle Staff photo"; date stamped: Aug 22, 1942. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cannons -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (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: Memorials: Heisser Square