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Five Marines or Marine veterans and three showgirls extending arms to drop money into barrel with poster that reads "Help Build The Brooklyn War Memorial". Caption on verso: "Marines Donate: Walter E. Lotz, center, of 444 Columbia St., blind Brooklyn marine, adds his contribution to the Brooklyn War Memorial Fund at chartering of Rockmore-Joseph Detachment of the Marine Corps League in Hotel St. George. With Lotz and the girls are, left to right, James Hicks, Brooklyn Detachment commandant; Walter Donnelly, vice commandant, Department of New York, and Louis Cappola, junior vice commandant."

IMAGE DATE1946
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