About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0491
  • TitleResearch lab burns
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0492), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical aerial views of firemen directing jet of water from fire truck to fourth floor of burning building; construction site at right; bystanders gathered on street to observe. Caption: "Research lab burns: Microwave Institute of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn billows smoke out of fifth floor of Consolidated Edison Building at 55 Johnson St., as firemen battle to quell chemical fire."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0491. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. 0491 has grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowds -- 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: 1953