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  • TitleHonor deceased members
  • Call NumberCHUR_0340
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCrowd on street participating in and watching ceremony. Two men in right foreground carry wreath, four men in left foreground wearing military uniforms (two carrying flags, two carrying rifles), men carrying flags in left background, many parked automobiles, and iron fence in center foreground. Caption: "Honor deceased members--Nick Stefanizzi, Commander of St. Stanislaus Memorial Post, American Legion, and County Commander James Lombardy, place wreath at base of statue commemorating deceased members who died in both world wars and the Koreon [sic] conflict, at St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Driggs Ave. and Humboldt St. Ceremony followed Fifth Annual Memorial Mass at the church and parade."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 5, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSt. Stanislaus Kostka Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Automobiles ; Orthodox churches ; Rites and ceremonies ; Wreaths
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Greenpoint (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.