About This Item


  • TitleMarines donate
  • Call NumberMEMO_0034
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFive Marines or Marine veterans and three showgirls extending arms to drop money into barrel with poster that reads "Help Build The Brooklyn War Memorial". Caption on verso: "Marines Donate: Walter E. Lotz, center, of 444 Columbia St., blind Brooklyn marine, adds his contribution to the Brooklyn War Memorial Fund at chartering of Rockmore-Joseph Detachment of the Marine Corps League in Hotel St. George. With Lotz and the girls are, left to right, James Hicks, Brooklyn Detachment commandant; Walter Donnelly, vice commandant, Department of New York, and Louis Cappola, junior vice commandant."
  • Date1946
  • 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: Feb. 26, 1946. Retouched.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fund raising -- New York (State) -- New York ; Marines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Showgirls -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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.