About This Item


  • TitleAfter plane crash
  • Call NumberHERZ_0228
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySite of crash of United Airlines airplane at Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place with several police barricades in foreground, group of people including policemen, firemen, several other men, and one woman, and portions of two damaged buildings and large pile of debris in background.
  • Date1960
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 16, 1960; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectDisasters ; Police ; Aircraft accidents
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.