About This Item

  • TitleVeterans honor war dead
  • Call NumberHOLI_0411
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (HOLI 0410), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images of veterans marching with flags in cemetery, probably in preparation for Memorial Day parade; 0410 shows Boy Scout marching between veterans at head of procession; 0411 shows four veterans with flags accompanied by two riflemen at head of procession; tombstones and scattered bystanders in right background in both images. Caption on verso of 0410: "Veterans Honor World War Dead: Memorial exercises for their buddies of World War I were observed yesterday throughout Brooklyn and Long Island by many veteran and patriotic organizations. Veterans of Foreign Wars are shown massing the colors during rites at the National Cemetery, Cypress Hills."
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0410. On verso of 0410: date stamped: May 25, 1942; "Eagle Staff Photo." 0410 with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Memorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Color guards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cemeteries -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.