About This Item

  • TitleReady to lob one on target
  • Call NumberARM_0034
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree soldiers clustered around small howitzer in weedy field; partial view of military trucks in background. Caption on verso: "READY TO LOB ONE ON TARGET: A 60-mm. mortar team of Brooklyn's 106th Infantry Regiment, New York National Guard, ready weapon for firing workout during weekend drill with other units of 42d (Rainbow) Infantry Division at Camp Smith, Peekskill. Left to right, Pfc. Edward Don del [sic], Sgt. William Rogers and Corp. Richard Johnson."
  • Date1951
  • 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: Apr. 30, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York (State). National Guard ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- Peekskill ; Military training camps -- New York (State) -- Peekskill ; Howitzer -- New York (State) -- Peekskill
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationPeekskill (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.