About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0519
  • Title$250,000 goes up in smoke
  • SummaryAerial view of firemen standing on smoking roof of one-story building; other firemen and snaking hoses on street. Caption: "$250,000 goes up in smoke: Firemen battle blaze from sidewalk and roof at Bedford Radio and Television Company, 1619-1635 Bedford Ave...."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1954; "Eagle photo by Lambert"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. 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.)Crown Heights (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: 1954. I