About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0419
  • TitleSaved from fire which brought death to polio victim
  • SummaryFive children in bed clothes gathered around kitchen table; oldest child at left holding dog. Caption: "Saved from fire which brought death to polio victim: Rescued by firemen from blazing three-story Greenpoint building, five Asher children gather gratefully around their pet Fluffy. Left to right are Joan, 15; David, 13; Alice, 11; Gloria, 14; and Bernadette, 8, brought down on ladders from 3d story by firemen...."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 7, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; International News Photos stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- 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: Fires: 1952