About This Item

  • Call NumberCHUR_0602
  • Title[Fire at Red Hook church]
  • SummaryFlames and black smoke emerging from roof of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and St. Stephen Roman Catholic Church on Hicks and Summit Streets in Red Hook; three fire fighters climbing a ladder at left below jet of water directed from fire truck at bottom; other ladder propped against church at right; firefighters and pedestrians in foreground.
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 11, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceCarroll Gardens (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: Churches: Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary Church: Roman Catholic