Photograph of a member of South River's American Legion Post preparing to lay the wreath at the World War I memorial in front of the South River War Memorial Library on Veterans Day in November 1970. Two members of South River's Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1451 are in the background along with another man from an unidentified group. Two of the men are holding flags, one United States and the second likely representing an organization. A fifth man with a rifle is off camera at the right. Spectators are visible across the street.
The number 2 is printed in blue ink in the lower right corner of the back of the photograph. This photograph is the second of seven in the set of images from Veterans Day.
Black and white photograph measures 5" x 7" and is in fair condition with some water damage at the lower left corner of the image.
Photograph Details
Subject Person or Organization
American Legion Post 214, Veterans of Foreign Wars , Lyons-Shepsco Post 1451
Subject Place
Street
Main Street
City
South River
State/Province
New Jersey
Country
United States of America
Continent
North America
Building
Old School Baptist Church / South River Museum
Acquisition
Accession
2021.011
Source or Donor
South River Borough
Acquisition Method
Collected by Staff
Made/Created
Date made
Nov 11, 1970
Time Period
20th Century
Lexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Photograph, Black-and-White
Nomenclature Primary Object Term
Photograph
Nomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic Documents
Nomenclature Class
Documentary Objects
Nomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication Objects
Other Names and Numbers
Other Numbers
Number Type
Hub Sorting
Other Number
017.capsule.001
Relationships
Related Entries
Notes
2021.011.016 - 1 of 7 in set
Notes
2021.011.018 - 3 of 7 in set
Notes
2021.011.019 - 4 of 7 in set
Notes
2021.011.020 - 5 of 7 in set
Notes
2021.011.021 - 6 of 7 in set
Notes
2021.011.022 - 7 of 7 in set
General Notes
Note Type
Historical Note
Note
Part of a collection of photographs found in a water-damaged envelope in the time capsule.
