Flushing Civil War Monument

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Date: 1898 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 10 x 8 inches (glass plate negative); 10 x 8 (polyester negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:11799 jfw-000214 jfw-000214.tif

Description: The monument stands opposite the old Flushing Town Hall on what was Bridge Street (now Northern Boulevard.) It was erected in 1865 by the Grand Army of the Republic, and the inscription reads, "Erected in memory of the Patriotic Volunteers from Flushing who sacrificed their lives in the War for the preservation of our Union 1861-1865." The names of the dead are inscribed on the remaining three sides.

Title : Flushing Civil War Monument

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : 1898

Summary/Description : The monument stands opposite the old Flushing Town Hall on what was Bridge Street (now Northern Boulevard.) It was erected in 1865 by the Grand Army of the Republic, and the inscription reads, "Erected in memory of the Patriotic Volunteers from Flushing who sacrificed their lives in the War for the preservation of our Union 1861-1865." The names of the dead are inscribed on the remaining three sides.

Subject : Soldiers' monuments; War memorials

Relation : This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Bridge Street (now Northern Boulevard) near Linden Avenue, Flushing, NY Flushing (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print; 10 x 8 inches (glass plate negative); 10 x 8 (polyester negative); 10 x 8 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:11799 jfw-000214 jfw-000214.tif