About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0002
  • TitleWar memorial for Brooklyn, soldiers and sailors
  • SummaryMaquette of allegorical female figure, subsequently completed in bronze and now standing in Greenwood Playground in Windsor Terrace. Typed label on verso: "A notable War Memorial in honor of the soldiers and sailors of the 61st District has just been completed by Charles Keck, eminent sculptor, and will be dedicated on Armistice Day, November 11, at [Fort] Hamilton Avenue and Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn. The figure 7 feet in height enshrined in a niche of Stony Greek Granite symbolizes Liberty. She is laying a cluster of Palms and Poppies on an altar bearing the names of 47 war heroes."
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed label on verso. Photographer's stamp on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 22/22.
  • CreatorDreyer, Louis H. [photographer]
  • SubjectKeck, Charles, 1875-1951 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York ; Models (Clay, plaster, etc.)
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Windsor Terrace (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Memorials: Soldiers & Sailors: 61st District WWI Memorial