| Title: | Brooklyn observes Armistice Day |
| Description: | Caption: "Brooklyn observes Armistice Day--Members of veterans and patriotic organizations paraded through the borough's streets yesterday amid martial music and the roll of drums. At Borough Hall the paraders were reviewed by dignitaries. Here Gold Star Mothers [who lost sons during World War I] Mrs. Julia Meehan, Mrs. Josephine White, and Mrs. Mary Porter, president of the 106th Gold Star Mothers, stood at attention as our flag goes passing by." |
| Date: | 1940 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Cropped and retouched. Date stamped on verso: Nov.12, 1940. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
Parades [5] Veterans Day [6] |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
| 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 0042 |