Salvo for war dead
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| Title: | Salvo for war dead |
| Description: | Soldiers, commanded by officer at right, firing into the air; other soldiers standing behind them; memorial arch and apartment buildings on Plaza and Union Streets in background. Caption on verso: "Salvo for War Dead: With Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, on Grand Army Plaza, in background, a firing squad detachment of 187th Field Artillery Group, New York National Guard, fires salvo as Memorial Day service comes to a close." |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Grand Army Plaza (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | McNamara, C. E., photographer. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1950; "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays
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| Subject: |
New York (State) National Guard. Memorial Day Soldiers Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes Shooting, Military Triumphal arches |
| 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 0446 |
