About This Item

  • TitleBlaze at boro church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0885
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInterior of church after fire: four firemen (two removing damaged property), tall ladder in background, and two young men standing in far right. Caption: "Blaze at boro church--Firemen carry charred remains of figure from Nativity crib of R. C. Church of the Visitation, Richards and Verona [Visitation Place] Sts., after blaze had caused considerable damage to altar."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 30, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVisitation of Blessed Virgin Mary Church ; Catholic church buildings ; Fires
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceRed Hook (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.