About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0412
  • Title[Two views of families after fire]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0411), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of families after fire, each consisting of mother, father, and baby. Caption: "Two of the families living in the barracks-type structure at 101 John Barry Boulevard are shown after they were evacuated. At left [0411] is Vincent Rossi, 24, who returned to catch a neighbor's child dropped from a second story window. With him is his wife, Hazel, 21, and daughter, Linda, 19 months old. At right [0412] are Mr. and Mrs. William Howe and their daughter, Pat, 71/2 months old."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 7 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 4,1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photos by Geller."
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Families -- 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: Fires: 1952