About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0506
  • TitleSpectacular fire in Williamsburg
  • SummaryFiremen on bed of truck aiming water from hydraulic cranes into burning factory building (lettered "Supreme Knitting Machine Co."); other fire truck, two firemen, and tangle of hoses in foreground. Caption: "Firemen pour tons of water into blazing machine factory at 105 Johnson Ave. Five alarms brought out small army of smoke-eaters before blaze was supressed."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Fires: 1953