About This Item

  • Call NumberHOLI_0403
  • TitleBrooklyn remembers its heroes
  • SummaryVeterans marching with flags in Memorial Day parade; African American soldier marching with rifle in right foreground; pedestrians and row houses along Eastern parkway in background. Caption on verso: "Brooklyn Remembers Its Heroes: Undaunted by gray skies and wet weather, the colors pass in review along Eastern Parkway where some 10,000 veterans and military men honored America's heroes who gave their lives for their country. Police estimated that 30,000 hardy Brooklynites turned out to witness the parade."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1953; "Eagle Staff Photo by Kruh." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • 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.)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