About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0945
  • TitleFighting the flood
  • SummaryCaption: "Fighting the flood--Bucket brigade of friends and neighbors [seven boys] aids Salvatore Covais clear away flood waters in front of his home at 2043 E. 55th St. Covais is at right, rear.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug 14, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBoys ; Floods ; Pails
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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: Flatlands: Neighborhoods