About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0495
  • TitleThe old and the new
  • SummaryFire at three-story wooden building; men and boys watching firemen from vacant lot in foreground; high-rise apartment buildings in background; fire department automobile in foreground. Caption: "The old and the new: Two families were made homeless by this smoky fire in an old building at 210 Concord St. yesterday. In the background is the modern Fort Greene Houses."
  • 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: Aug. 25, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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