About This Item


  • Call NumberHOLI_0034
  • TitleBrooklyn observes Armistice Daty
  • SummaryCaption: "Brooklyn observes Armistice Day--Members of veterans' and patriotic organization paraded through the borough's streets yesterday and martial music and the roll of drums. But it was a solemn hour, honoring the dead who did not die in vain. This photo shows soldiers of the 18th Infantry of Fort Hamilton leading the parade as it passed through the arch of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument at Grand Army Plaza."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Nov. 12/40; on caption:"Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited States. Army. Infantry Regiment, 18th ; Soldiers' and Sailors' Memorial Arch (New York, N.Y.) ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans Day -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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: Holidays: Armistice Day: II