About This Item


  • TitleEchoes of the battlefield
  • Call NumberHOLI_0444
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySeven soldiers firing off salute before dignitaries in reviewing stand and assembled crowd at Grand Army Plaza; high-rise apartment building in left background. Caption on verso: "Echoes of the Battlefield: Rifle honors for the American dead who fell in combat were fired before reviewing stand by a squad from the 13th Infantry, State Guard. Salvo marked closing of Brooklyn's biggest Memorial Day observance."
  • 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: May 31, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMemorial Day -- New York (State) -- New York ; Soldiers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shooting, Military -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Grand Army Plaza (Brooklyn, 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.