About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0177
  • TitleAmerican Can Company shelter
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0179, WORK 0176), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views of American Can Company employees entering or inside company shelter. 0179 includes nurse, patient on stretcher, and four men wearing hard hats. Company was located at 2nd Avenue and 43rd Street in Sunset Park.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0179: 11 x 9 in.; grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 4, 1951. Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAir raid shelters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shelters -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Factories: Cans: American Can Co