SummaryFiremen directing streams of water at Brooklyn Orphan Asylum, an ornate, nineteenth-century building with collapsed roof; two firemen directing water from fire truck in center of composition; fire hoses and debris in foreground. Caption: "Battling flames: Firemen fight four-alarm blaze that gutted vacant orphanage at Kingston Ave. and Herkimer St. yesterday...."
SubjectBrooklyn Orphan Asylum (New York, N.Y.) ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire engines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Orphanages -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ruined buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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