About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0409
  • TitleO'er the land of the free
  • SummaryAerial view of marchers (some civilian, some military) carrying flags in parade at or near Grand Army Plaza; some guest in reviewing stand saluting marchers; three or four women in military uniform at lower left; crowd partly visible at top. Caption on verso: "O'er the Land of the Free: Old Glory passing the reviewing stand in yesterday's 83d Memorial Day parade along Eastern Parkway."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1949; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Color guards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (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: Celebrations: Memorial Day: American Flag