About This Item


  • Call NumberOSOS_0626
  • TitleAfrican-American fire fighter in fire fighting gear, with spectators and cameraman in background.
  • SummaryCaptain Vernon Allan Richard of the New York Fire Department.
  • Date[1995?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Date from donor. Original photograph, [dimensions unknown], digitized on March 08, 2016 as a TIFF. Donated for capture by the Richard family at Boys and Girls High School. Collected through the Our Streets, Our Stories community heritage project, a part of the Culture in Transit grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation's Knight News Challenge.
  • Creator[unknown]
  • SubjectFire fighters ; New York (N.Y.). Fire Department ; Fire fighters--New York (State)--New York ;African American fire fighters
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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