About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_1928
  • TitleAt the switch
  • SummaryCaption: "At the switch--Borough President Cashmore throws the floodlights on the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch at Prospect Park entrance. Lending advice on the operation are, to the right of the borough president, William V. Burns, County Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Miles F. McDonald, Democratic-ALP candidate for District Attorney; Louis C. Willis, former president, Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and Charles N. Cohen, candidate for Municipal Court Justice." A uniformed military man holding a large American flag on a pole is standing in far left foreground, and the face of another man can be seen in far right background.
  • Date1945
  • 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: Nov. 5, 1945; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, 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: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: General