About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0042
  • TitleBrooklyn observes Armistice Day
  • SummaryCaption: "Brooklyn observes Armistice Day--Members of veterans and patriotic organizations paraded through the borough's streets yesterday amid martial music and the roll of drums. At Borough Hall the paraders were reviewed by dignitaries. Here Gold Star Mothers [who lost sons during World War I] Mrs. Julia Meehan, Mrs. Josephine White, and Mrs. Mary Porter, president of the 106th Gold Star Mothers, stood at attention as our flag goes passing by."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. Date stamped on verso: Nov.12, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans Day -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Holidays: Armistice Day: III