| Title: | Honoring fallen alumni |
| Description: | One boy holding American flag, one boy playing trumpet, and three older women looking at plaque that reads, "Memoiral Trees And Garden To Honor Graduates Of P.S. 241 Who Servied Our Country, World War II, Korea." Caption on verso: "Honoring Fallen Alumni: To mark the memory of six graduates of Public School 241, President St. near Franklin Ave., who were killed in World War II and Korea, Harvey Wexler, 14, left, and Barry Becher, 11, students there, participate in ceremonies built around the dedication of a memorial plaque and the planting of trees in the school yard. Looking at the plaque are: Mrs. Elsie R. Kane, school principal, third from left; Mrs. Eda Thompson (partially hidden), who is in charge of the school gardens, and Regina C. M. Burke, associate superintendent of schools." |
| Date: | 1952 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1952; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Holidays [4]
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| Subject: |
Memorial Day [5] Schoolboys [6] School principals [7] Public schools [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 0425 |