About This Item


  • Call NumberNEIG_2345
  • TitleGrappling for auto dive victims
  • SummaryTwo police officers in small boat at Gowanus Canal, one rowing, other dragging grappling hook in water; third police officer watching from shore before chainlink fence; barges and tugboats in canal; silos, warehouses, and cranes in backgrounds. Caption: "Grappling for auto dive victims -- Discovery of an automobile in the Gowanus Canal off the foot of 1st St. early today led to grappling operations by police in a routine search for victims. But no one was found in the car after it had been raised, or in the water. Arrow points to part of dock where car is reported to have plunged into water. Patrolman Edward Hiller and Patrolman Howard Herber are in boat, left to right, while Sgt. Charles Rome in on shore."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 3, 1950; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny [photographer]
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCanals ; Police ; Rowboats -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gowanus Canal (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: Gowanus: Canal: General