Brooklyn remembers its heroes
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| Title: | Brooklyn remembers its heroes |
| Description: | Veterans marching with flags in Memorial Day parade; African American soldier marching with rifle in right foreground; pedestrians and row houses along Eastern parkway in background. Caption on verso: "Brooklyn Remembers Its Heroes: Undaunted by gray skies and wet weather, the colors pass in review along Eastern Parkway where some 10,000 veterans and military men honored America's heroes who gave their lives for their country. Police estimated that 30,000 hardy Brooklynites turned out to witness the parade." |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Crown Heights (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Kruh, Johnny. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1953; "Eagle Staff Photo by Kruh." Grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays
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| Subject: |
Parades Memorial Day Veterans Color guards |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library |
| ID: | HOLI 0403 |
