About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_1021
  • TitleThe heat's off
  • SummaryCaption: "The heat's off--Mrs. Raymond LaRose, holding her son, Larry, 2, and Mike, 3, tries to keep warm after their gas was turned off. Gas stoves were still working, and with electric heaters, they provided makeshift heat."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 26, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBrooklyn Union Gas Company ; Heat ; Stoves, Gas -- 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: Utilities: Brooklyn Borough Union Gas Co.: On location