[Boy Scouts before American flag]

[Boy Scouts before American flag]
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Title: [Boy Scouts before American flag]
Description:

Three men in suits and ten Boy Scouts looking at large American flag in courtroom, probably in court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street. Caption on verso: "At long last an American flag graces the wall of the grand jury room in Brooklyn Federal Court. Five Boy Scout Troops of the Central District of the Brooklyn Scout Council presented the flag yesterday to U.S. Marshal Arthur J. Jaeger (left), Clerk George Teoomey (center) and Chief Clerk Percy G.B. Gilkes. J. Walter Gallagher of Garden City, foreman of the grand jury, thanked the Scouts for their gift . . ."
Date: 1939
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: date inscribed: March 12/39; "Eagle staff photo."
Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
Collection: Government
Subject: Flags
Boy Scouts
Municipal officials and employees
Courthouses
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: GOVT 0090