About This Item

  • TitleTop brass
  • Call NumberARM_0025
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFour military officers (three standing, one seated) conferring over map spread out on desk, probably in armory at 1322 Bedford Avenue in Crown Heights. Caption: "TOP BRASS: Brooklyn's largest National Guard unit, in addition to weekly drill sessions in the armory, is administered a solid dose of firing range training during the Spring at Camp Smith, near Peekskill. Mapping plans for the first 'weekend shoot' of 1952 are, left to right, George F. Kennedy of 62 Newell St., Maj. Christopher D. Doyle of 1067 E. 2d St., Col. C. W. Butt of Newburgh, commanding officer of the 106th, and Maj. Harry Farrell of 695 Anderson Ave., Franklin Square."
  • 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; 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 ; Map reading -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.