About This Item


  • TitleThis is how Boro's War Memorial will look
  • Call NumberMEMO_0064
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of World War II Memorial at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, built substantially as designed; label on bottom reads, "Brooklyn War Memorial, Eggers & Higgins, Architects, Charles Keck, Sculptor."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 14, 1949. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorEggers & Higgins
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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.