About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0061
  • TitleWhere 'miracle' saved boy
  • SummaryView of apartment tower in housing project near Brooklyn Navy Yard, with dotted line superimposed on surface. Caption on verso: "Where 'Miracle' Saved Boy: Broken line shows flight path where Frederick Field, 11, plunged from ninth floor apartment, landing on grass outside 237 Nassau St., Farragut Houses. His skull was fractured but Cumberland Hospital doctors say he is improving."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 7, 1954; "Eagle staff photo by John Kruh." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Falls (Accidents) -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Housing: Farragut Houses