Unveil school service flag

Unveil school service flag
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Title: Unveil school service flag
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Caption: "Unveil school service flag--Lt. Silar Titus, in whose name Brooklyn Preparatory School hung a blue star on its flag, assists at the unveiling ceremony honoring 1,591 of the school's alumni now in service and 35 alumni who were killed in action. Angelo L. Paterno, left, president of the Fathers Guild, presented the flag to Rev. Francis E. Keenan, S.J., president of the school, right."

Date: 1945
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched.
On verso: date stamped: May 16, 1945; "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Schools
Subject: Brooklyn Preparatory School.
Catholic Church
Soldiers
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: SCHL 0414