About This Item

  • TitleDisaster area post office
  • Call NumberHERZ_0224
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up truck with large sign, "U. S. Post Office, Brooklyn, N. Y. notice: Residents of disaster area affected by [United Airlines] plane crash [on December 16, 1960] may obtain mail here," and postman standing in open doorway, parked at corner of Seventh Avenue and Flatbush Avenue; portion of masonry building in background with Duryea pharmacy ("Est. 1874") on ground level on far right; portion of snowy, icy street in foreground.
  • Date1960
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed on verso: Dec. 16, 1960; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectDrugstores ; Post office stations and branches
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.