About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0408
  • TitleFlags in mass formation
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0407), some of which may also be described in this new record; Aerial view of marchers (some civilian, some military) carrying flags in parade on Eastern Parkway approaching Plaza Street; images identical except for tighter cropping on 0408, which eliminates crowd seen at top of image on 0407. Caption on verso: "Flags in Formation: Massed colors of the war veterans' post and service units in front of reviewing stand on Grand Army Plaza, following yesterday's Memorial Day parade."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints: black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0407. On verso of 0407: date stamped: May 31, 1950; "photo by C. E. McNamara." Grease pencil cropping marks on 0407.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectParades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Color guards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Celebrations: Memorial Day: American Flag