About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0387
  • TitleLights, sounds, action! - at Brooklyn Fire Alarm Central Office.
  • SummaryInscribed on back in pencil: "From fire department box on corner to tape as read by dispatcher Edward Doyle. Time 3 seconds." Stamped on back: April 27,1953. Taped on back: newspaper clipping stamped: April 26, 1953. Clipping reads: ... At Brooklyn Fire Alarm Central Office lever Jeanne pulled automatically flashes lights, sounds buzzer and punches tape, all in time with alarm box numbers, while Dispatcher Edward Doyle keeps tabs.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white
  • Genreblack-and-white photographs
  • NoteScans on demand
  • CreatorUnknown
  • SubjectFire departments
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • 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: Fire department: Fire Alarm Central Office