| Title: | Open drive for war memorial |
| Description: | Caption: "Open drive for war memorial--The firing squad of the 106th Infantry, National Guard, fires salute to 100 alumni of Abraham Lincoln High School [located at 2800 Ocean Parkway] who were killed in action. Ceremonies in the school's stadium launched $100,000 drive for the construction of a Hundred Heroes Hall as a memorial to the men who gave their lives and to the 5,000 others from the school who served in the war;" boy holding flag on pole and portions of several spectators in background. |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Coney Island (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 17, 1947' "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Schools [4]
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| Subject: |
United States. National guard. [5] Abraham Lincoln High School (New York, N.Y.) [6] Flags [7] Rifles [8] |
| 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 1033 |