About This Item


  • TitleProposed Ridgewood monument which will cost $30,000
  • Call NumberMEMO_0131
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryArchitectural rendering of World War I memorial showing doughboy atop column flanked by infantryman and sailor; inscription on column reads, "Dedicated by the citizens of Greater Ridgewood in memory of our boys who sacrificed their lives and to those who rendered their services in behalf of their country."
  • Date1919
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 print: black & white ; 11 x 8 in.
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)prints (visual works)renderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from inscription on recto. On recto: date stamped: Mar. 12, 1919.
  • SubjectWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; War memorials -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceQueens (New York, N.Y.)Ridgewood (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.