About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0482
  • TitlePouring it on
  • SummaryFiremen in fire truck directing stream of water at burning brick building; one fireman entering second story window from ladder; other firemen and observers on ground. Caption: "Pouring it on: Firemen play a stream of water on blazing structure during three-alarm fire early today which damaged a row of buildings at 949-953 Kings Highway. . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 31, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; United Press Association stamp.
  • CreatorUnited Press Associations
  • 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.)Midwood (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