| Title: | Tribute to the dead |
| Description: | Procession of marching band followed by honor guard followed by motorcade on roadway in Cypress Hills Cemetery; allee of tall trees on either side of roadway; bystanders on benches in right foreground. Caption on verso: "Tribute To the Dead: Led by the Army Air Corps band of Mitchel Field, the American Legion, Kings County, parades past the rows of dead to the amphitheater of Cypress Hills for memorial services." |
| Date: | 1947 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Cypress Hills (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 26, 1947; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
American Legion. [5] Cypress Hills Cemetery (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) [6] Memorial Day [7] Bands (Music) [8] Color guards [9] Cemeteries [10] |
| 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 0418 |