About This Item

  • Call NumberPARK_0118
  • TitlePrison Ship Martyrs Monument
  • SummaryCaption: "The rededication ceremonies at Fort Greene Park featured the speeches of ... from left to right: Alderman Joseph Sharkey; State Senator Crawford; Park Commissioner Robert Moses; Alderman Pat McCann; Commissioner Edwin H. Thatcher; Col. William A. Dawkins, president of the Society of Old Brooklynites; Lt. Com R. V. R. Failing; Capt. R. A. Kock, commanding officer of the receiving ship at Brooklyn Navy Yard, and Borough President Raymond V. Ingersoll. The ceremonies were held at the Prison Ship Martyrs Monument. The [sailor] bugler is Edmund Gott."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteRetouched. On verso: date inscribed: June 30/37. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectMoses, Robert, 1888-1981 ; Prison Ship Martyrs Monument (New York, N.Y.) ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene 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: Parks: Fort Greene Park: Prison Ship Martyrs Monument