About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0435
  • TitleWiped out
  • SummaryGesticulating woman sitting on chair on cobblestone street; automobiles and pedestrians partially visible in background. Caption: "Wiped out: Weeping hysterically, Mary Rigual of 1107 Manhattan Ave. sits among few belongings she managed to salvage as fire, which started in trolley car barn, swept her home today..."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: June 30, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: 1952