About This Item

  • TitlePeace in Victory, Freedom Square
  • Call NumberMEMO_0088
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of bronze, winged victory figure on pedestal (designed by Pietro Montana as World War I memorial) at Bushwick and Myrtle Avenues in Bushwick; background mostly obscured by retouching, but apartment building (right) and elevated rail tracks (left) partly visible; no pedestrians in foreground or background.
  • Date1922
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 5 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso. On verso: date inscribed: May 17/22. Photographer's stamp on verso. Retouched.
  • CreatorCosmo Photo Service [photographer]
  • PublisherCosmo Photo Service, New York
  • SubjectMontana, Pietro, 1890-1978 ; World War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sculpture -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.