About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0512
  • TitleThree-alarmer on Bergen St
  • SummaryNight view of fireman with hose on third story fire escape of smoking building; other fireman on ground in left foreground; bending figure beneath fire escape in central foreground. Caption: "Three-alarmer on Bergen St.: Firefighters on fire escape battle smoky blaze in mattress factory at 46 Bergen St. which gutted four-story building."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 31, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • 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.)Carroll Gardens (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. I