About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0410
  • TitleTragic Christmas
  • SummaryTwo firemen carrying stricken woman to safety. Caption: "Tragic Christmas: An injured woman is carried from the scene of a fire at 215 E. 50th St., Manhattan, which killed two persons and injured six."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 11 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 26, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; International News Photos stamp. Retouched; Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rescues -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Fires: 1951