About This Item

  • TitleIn memoriam
  • Call NumberHOLI_0414
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCub Scout holding cap to his heart and standing amid headstones (each with American flag) in veterans' cemetery. Caption on verso: "In Memoriam: Cub Scout Edward Freely, 9, of Brooklyn Pack 314, pays his respects to the veterans who fell in the service of their country. At Cypress Hills National Cemetery hundreds of Boy Scouts placed flags at the headstones of fallen vets of the U.S. Armed Forces in their traditional service to honor the dead and prepare their graves for Memorial Day observances."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 29, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMay, Jerry
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cub Scouts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.