About This Item

  • TitleRecruiting in high gear
  • Call NumberARM_0024
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryYoung man on cot receiving injection from soldier, probably in armory at 1322 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights. Caption: "RECRUITING IN HIGH GEAR: With America's preparedness program spurring many borough youths to some form of military service, enlistments in the 106th have jumped considerably. Undergoing one of the physical fitness tests is John Keefe of 3060 Gerritsen Ave., while another potential guardsman, Anairy Rivera of 69 Johnson Ave., waits his turn. The medic is Sgt. Leonard Lowenthal of 518 Hopkinson Ave."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Jan. 27, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York (State). National Guard ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Injections -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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.