About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1480
  • TitleGoodby, heat!
  • SummaryCaption: "Goodby, heat!--George A. Fechtman, vice president of Spencer-Taylor, Inc. (center) turns on the main switch to put in operation the newly completed $250,000 Air-conditioning system in the Towers Hotel, 25 Clark St. ... Shown with Fechtman are James O'Toole (left), chief engineer, and Thomas J. Muller, manager of the hotel."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jun[e] 28, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir conditioning -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hotels -- 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: Hotels: Towers