About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0006
  • TitleWar memorial speakers
  • SummaryCaption: "War memorial speakers--Left to right, Arthur S. Hodgkiss, Park Department executive officer, representing Commissioner Moses; Borough President Cashmore; Capt. Maurice M. Witherspoon, chief of chaplains, 3d Naval District, and Abe Stark, Brooklyn civic leader." The occasion was the ceremony marking the opening of the Brooklyn War Memorial in Cadman Plaza Park.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 20, 1944; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCashmore,John, 1895-1961 ; Chaplains -- New York (State) -- New York ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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:Brooklyn War Memorial: Ceremonies