About This Item
- TitleSuggested design for a Brooklyn War Memorial
- Call NumberMEMO_0066
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (MEMO 0045), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical architectural renderings of unbuilt, monumental cenotaph and World War II memorial at Cadman Plaza in Brooklyn Heights, seen against East River and Manhattan skyline (left); smaller rendering at upper right showing family before diorama of New York Harbor ("Typical Diorama In Exhibits Building"); label at bottom right reads, "Suggested Design For A Brooklyn War Memorial, Brooklyn Eagle Prize Contest, March 1945."
- Date1945
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
- NoteTitle from label on recto. On recto: date printed: March 1945.
- SubjectWar memorials -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sepulchral monuments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Unbuilt architectural projects -- 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.