About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0402
  • Title[Boy with Civil War veterans]
  • SummaryBoy with American flag approaching an open car seating three Civil War veterans; location unknown. Caption on verso: "Bands, colorful uniforms and tributes to the veterans of American wars marked Memorial Day ceremonies in Brooklyn and Queens yesterday, with youth and the aged playing important roles in the pageantry. Above is Ronald Lent, 9, of 201 Weirfield St., shaking the hand of a member of another generation, Thomas Barker, 93-year-old Civil War veteran. In the rear of automobile are (left) Henry Stamm, 92, and John G. Soden, 91, two other vets of the war to preserve the Union."
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: May 31/31. Retouched; image cut to form oval.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- 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: Celebrations: Memorial Day: American Flag