About This Item

  • TitleBound for mock war
  • Call NumberARM_0050
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryEight soldiers in open-air truck leaving armory in Fort Greene (since converted to an apartment building) as pedestrians look on. Caption: "BOUND FOR MOCK WAR: Spectators watch interestedly as this truck load of Brooklyn doughboys of the 1st Battalion, 105th Regiment, Field Artillery, National Guard, rolls out of the armory at 171 Clermont Ave. The boys left yesterday, bound for war maneuvers at Pine Camp, N.Y."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date inscribed: Aug. 4/40; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectSoldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Military trucks -- New York (State) -- New York ; Armories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Arsenals -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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.