About This Item

  • Title[Dwight Eisenhower in motorcade]
  • Call NumberHOLI_0287
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryGeneral Dwight David Eisenhower (in civilian clothes) standing in open car and waving to crowd lining parade rout, apparently in Prospect Park as part of the Brooklyn Sunday School Union parade; many bystanders carrying flags or banners; newsreeel photographer moving before car in left foreground.
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: 1948. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • SubjectEisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Motorcades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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.