About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0404
  • TitleI'm ready
  • SummaryBoy and girl holding flags and watching Memorial Day parade (unseen); older boy at left without flag; adults (partially seen) standing behind them. Caption on verso: "I'm Ready: Five-year-old Jerry Workman of 55 Rogers Ave. was the youngest of the 20,000 in the parade and remained for the entire march down Eastern Parkway. It was estimated that a record crowd witnessed the event, although the size of the parade was held down by the fact that many of the previous participants have been mustered into the service."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 6 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1941; "Eagle Staff Photo." Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Children -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown 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: Celebrations: Memorial Day: American Flag