About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0019
  • TitleMemorial plans
  • SummaryTwo men and two women posing together; woman second from left holds a poster that reads, "Help Build The Brooklyn War Memorial." Caption on verso: "Memorial Plans: Miles F. McDonald, District Attorney, examines a Brooklyn War Memorial poster at a luncheon of C.D.V.O precinct captains in the Candlelight Restaurant, 114 Henry St. Left to right are Mr. McDonald, former C.D.V.O. chairman of neighborhood representatives; Mrs. Tracy S. Voorhees, community chairman and former borough head of C.D.V.O.; Mrs. Ruth Karp of Precinct 85 and Edmund C. Donovan of Precinct 63."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 13, 1946. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Civic leaders -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Memorials: Brooklyn War Memorial: Fundraising I