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| Title: | [Boy with Civil War veterans] |
| Description: | Boy with American flag approaching an open car seating three Civil War veterans; location unknown. Caption on verso: "Bands, colorful uniforms and tributes to the veterans of American wars marked Memorial Day ceremonies in Brooklyn and Queens yesterday, with youth and the aged playing important roles in the pageantry. Above is Ronald Lent, 9, of 201 Weirfield St., shaking the hand of a member of another generation, Thomas Barker, 93-year-old Civil War veteran. In the rear of automobile are (left) Henry Stamm, 92, and John G. Soden, 91, two other vets of the war to preserve the Union." |
| Date: | 1931 |
| Location: | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Veterans. [2] Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| More Details: |
Title supplied by cataloger. On verso: date inscribed: May 31/31. Retouched; image cut to form oval. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
Parades [5] Memorial Day [6] Veterans [7] Boys [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: | HOLI 0402 |