About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0546
  • TitleDowntown landmark goes up in flames
  • SummaryNight view of firemen at burning building. Caption: "Downtown landmark goes up in flames: Firemen pour water from hoses and water tower, left, into blazing Arbuckle Building, 367 Fulton St., one of Brooklyn's oldest office buildings. Firemen blamed homeless bums for starting fire in abandoned building, slated to be torn down for new Supreme Court."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 3, 1954; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: 1954. II