About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0415
  • TitleRescuer and rescued
  • SummaryYoung man standing at bedside shaking hand of woman in bed and touching shoulder of boy next to her. Caption: "Rescuer and rescued: Armando Fiorenzo, 19, of 643 Degraw St., who helped rescue 11-month old Garry Casale from fire in his home at 165-A 4th Ave. yesterday, received thanks of Garry's mother, Margaret, as he visits her and son, Robert, 7, in Methodist Hospital...."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 3, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; International News Photos stamp. Retouched; Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMethodist Hospital (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.) ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Hospital patients -- 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: 1952