About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0542
  • TitleWarehouse blaze in Bath Beach
  • SummaryFiremen on firetrucks directing water into burning, three-story brick building; crowd of onlookers in foreground. Caption: "Warehouse blaze in Bath Beach: Firemen battle three-alarm fire that wrecked $200,000 worth of furniture stored in Reliable Van and Storage Co., Bay 19th St. near Cropsey Ave. Two fire-fighters were felled by the smoke."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 6, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBath Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: 1954. II