About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0203
  • TitleInjured in subway wreck
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0204), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption (0203): "Injured in subway wreck--Motorman Walter Yates, 54, of 339 Bleecker St, is carried out of Van Siclen Ave. IND subway station by police after removal from crushed cab of train that rammed laid-up train last night. ..." 0204: ... Board of Transportation worker inspects wreckage of two IND cars to determine best method of separating them. ..." Subway employee is standing in far right foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 3, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Photo by Harold Nisnoff.". Title from caption on verso of 0203.
  • CreatorNisnoff, Harold J.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolice -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subways -- Accidents -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: Subways: Accidents