About This Item

  • Title[Group portrait of soldiers from Brooklyn]
  • Call NumberARM_0064
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySoldiers from regiment in Brooklyn standing before military barracks; one soldier in front with regimental banner; small black terrier, perhaps regimental mascot, in left foreground; banner on barracks reads, "THE 14TH OF BROOKLYN, BULL RUN TO THE RHINE TO ?" Label on verso: "Officers and men of the 187th Field Artillery posed in front of the unit's headquarters building at Camp McCoy, Wis. As the boys said, 'Dis is for de ole hometown -- Brooklyn.'".
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsgroup portraitsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: 1950; "U. S. Army photo."
  • CreatorUnited States. Army
  • SubjectNew York (State). National Guard ; Soldiers -- Wisconsin -- Fort McCoy
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationFort McCoy (Wis.)
  • 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.