About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0096
  • TitleWhere water main broke
  • SummaryCaption: "Where water main broke--Water supply worker peers into excavation on E. 12th St. near Nepture Ave. dug by emergency repair crew after branch water line broke and flooded basements of 10 houses nearby early today."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 22, 1949. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectWater-supply
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrighton Beach (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Brighton Beach: E. 12th Street