About This Item

  • Call NumberMEMO_0150
  • TitleMother tending her son's memorial
  • SummaryOlder woman tending to flags and seal on protective railing of tree; subway grating and portion of roadway behind her. Caption on verso: "Mrs. Mary Porter, Gold Star Mother, decorates, for what may be the last time, the tree on Eastern Parkway dedicated to the memory of her son. The Park Department has ordered the name plates and guards removed from the trees planted 20 years ago in honor of Brooklyn's war dead."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectMothers -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- 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: Memorials: Victory Trees