About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0480
  • Title[Firemen and corrugated fence]
  • SummaryThree firemen wielding hose; fourth fireman adjusting his boot in front of corrugated fence; flames rising from other side of fence. Caption on verso: "Firemen pour water on three-alarm fire at 93rd Street and Avenue D in Brooklyn, late Apr. 28. The Sunrise and Interborough Packaging companies were damaged by the blaze."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: 4/28/53; 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 ; Fences -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceCanarsie (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