About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0567
  • TitleThree for one
  • SummaryGroup photo apropos of recent fire aboard cargo ship, showing three men wearing blankets, a nurse, and one other man in a hospital room. Caption: "Three for one: Fireman William Lauro, standing in rear, who slipped into river at fire, beams on pals who rescued him. They are, left to right, Fireman Bernard Curry, Lt. Ernest Riegelman, who suffered submersion in the rescue, and Lt. David Meyers, overcome by smoke hauling them in on a line. Nurse Mary McCane witnessed the reunion at Holy Family Hospital."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Nurses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Waterfront