About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0484
  • TitlePriest climbs ladder to blaze victim
  • SummaryTwo men seen from below climbing ladder to unseen portion of building; row of brownstones in background. Caption: "Priest climbs ladder to blaze victim: The Rev. Francis B. O'Donnell, curate of Queen of All Saints R. C. Church, holding a vial of holy oils between his teeth, clambers up fire ladder to administer last rites to Richard Smith, 36, found dying on top floor of three-story dwelling at 386 Carlton Ave . . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCatholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Extreme unction
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: 1953