About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1317
  • Title[Earthquake survivors]
  • SummaryCaption: "Hurled from their beds by earth tremors these residents of 141 Sackett St. grabbed the nearest garments and fled to the street. There they huddled together and discussed the quake w[h]ile workmen made the building safe for reoccupancy"; they stand in front of no. 148 Sackett Street.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Nov. 1/35.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCity dwellers
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceGowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Sackett Street