About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0389
  • TitleKeeping battle lines intact.
  • SummaryNewspaper clipping pasted to back of photograph from article, stamped: April 26, 1953. Clipping reads: ... Marking "running sheet" of all fires so that companies can be transferred to districts where all engines are out ... Inscription in pencil reads: "Chief Telegraph Dispatcher of Brooklyn John Jordan left, and Tour Chief John Brown see that no section is left without fire protection. Fire Department Brooklyn's Fire Alarm Central Office."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • CreatorUnknown
  • SubjectFire departments
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • 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: Fire department: Fire Alarm Central Office