About This Item

  • Title[Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts saluting]
  • Call NumberHOLI_0415
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryTwelve or thirteen Boy Scouts and Cub Scouts standing and saluting amid headstones (each with American flag) in Cypress Hills Cemetery, as part of Memorial Day observance. Typed label on verso: "As Cubs, Scouts and Explorers complete their task of decorating the Veterans' graves, they give a final salute before departing."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: June 2, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorMay, Jerry
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boy Scouts -- 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.