About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn brush fire
  • Call NumberWORK_0481
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of street with smoke pouring from roof of damaged factory buildings; fireman stepping onto roof from ladder at right; other firemen and observers standing on street amid tangle of hoses, debris, automobiles, and firetrucks. Caption: "Brooklyn brush fire: New York: Burning brushes and brooms litter the street, complicating the job of fireman and rescue workers at the site of a three-alarm brush factory fire on Glenmore Street [i.e., Avenue] in Brooklyn . . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: 12/28/53; United Press Association stamp.
  • CreatorUnited Press Associations
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.