About This Item

  • Call NumberOSOS_0625
  • TitleMural memorializing fire fighter killed in the September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
  • SummaryMural memorializing Captain Vernon Richard, painted by Anthony Ewing, located at Bergen Street and Rochester Avenue in Brooklyn. Text reads: "Fallen but not forgotten, Capt. Vernon … , 10-20-47, Ladder … " Depictions of firetruck, firedogs, and view of the Lower Manhattan waterfront.
  • Date2002
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, TIFF, black-and-white
  • Genrecolor 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]
  • SubjectMural painting and decoration ; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 ; Portraits ; Fire fighters ; New York (N.Y.). Fire Department ; African American fire fighters
  • CollectionOur Streets, Our Stories collection
  • PlaceLower Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsOur Streets, Our Stories collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is covered by a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 license. Users are free to share and adapt the work for non-commercial purposes as long as appropriate credit is given to the source and new material created with this work is shared under the same conditions.