About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0064
  • Title[Fire in downtown Brooklyn]
  • SummaryAerial view of fire fighters amid heavy smoke on roof of five-story abandoned building; sign on first floor of building reads, "Tech Book Exchange"; crowd watching from sidewalk at lower left; excavation for building site, probably as part of reconstruction of Brooklyn civic center, in foreground.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Building construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Government: Judiciary: Civic Center: Plans, Proposals, & Models