About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0505
  • TitleTriple explosion
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0504), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of smoke pouring from ground floor of brick factory building; 0504 (8 x 10 in.) shows firemen from above amid tangle of hoses, debris, and straw for manufacturing of brooms; 0505 (10 x 8 in.) shows street-level view of firemen standing behind bundles of burnt straw. Caption: "Triple explosion: Debris is strewn along Glenmore Ave., near Logon St., after three explosions blasted two-story building at 897-901 Glenmore Ave. . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0504. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 29, 1953; "Eagle Photo." Grease pencil cropping marks on 0504.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ruined buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Factories -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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