About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1096
  • TitleLike football practice
  • SummaryCaption: "Like football practice--These troops at Fort Hamilton find that used tires have a very useful purpose in teaching them how to zigzag in broken-field manner to dodge possible enemy bullets. They are, left to right, Sgt. First Class George W. Samuels, 23, of 893 St. John's Place; Col. Cornelius McLaughlin, 39, of 126 Prospect Place; Master Sgt. Richard N. Fisher, 39, of 551 72d St; Sgt. Robert A. Wilcox, 33, of 3613 Mermaid Ave., and Sgt. Michael J. Cummings, 32, of 1538 Ryder Ave;" several white buildings including one one-story and two two-story and several parked automobiles in background.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 8, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMilitary training [lctgm] ; Soldiers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Military: Training