About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1013
  • TitleMeet Butch
  • SummaryDog wearing fireman's hat sitting on running board of fire truck at Fort Hamilton fire station. Caption: "Meet Butch -- He's a mascot, something no fire house can do without. Butch fights not only fires with the laddies, but also all the other dogs on the post."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print: black & white, gelatin silver; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t]. 21, 1947; on caption: "Eagle photo." Title from caption on verso. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDogs ; Fire helmets
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Hamilton (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: Fort Hamilton: Fire Department