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  • Title[Dignitaries inspecting architectural model]
  • Call NumberMEMO_0046
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (MEMO 0050, MEMO 0052, MEMO 0047, MEMO 0044, MEMO 0049, MEMO 0048), some of which may also be described in this new record; Six views of dignitaries, officials, and veterans inspecting architectural model for World War II Memorial at Cadman Plaza, and one close-up view (0052) of the model itself; 0044 shows inspection by five veterans, identified by caption on verso as "Left to right, Leonard M. Jamison, County Commander Catholic War Veterans; Louis E. Drago, County Commander, American Legion; William V. Burns, County Commander, Veterans of Foreign Wars; Jack Daniels, County Commander, Jewish War Veterans and Stanley K. Woods, Military Order of the Pruple Heart"; 0046 shows inspection by three unidentified women; 0047 shows inspection by three unidentified men; 0048 shows inspection by three women, the two on the left identified by caption on verso as "Mrs. William H. Good and Mrs. Edward C. Blum"; 0049 shows inspection by two men and one woman, the man on the left identified by caption on verso as "Robert Alfred Shaw, Brooklyn philanthropist"; 0050 (10 x 8 in.) shows inspection by two men, identified by caption on verso as "Philip A. Benson, president of the Dime Savings Bank of Brooklyn, and Controller Joseph D. McGoldrick."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On versos of 0044, 0048, 0049, and 0050: date stamped: Oct. 17, 1945. 0044, 0048, 0049, 0050 retouched; 0047, 0048, 0049, and 0050 with grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Civic leaders -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- New York (State) -- New York ; Architectural models -- 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.