About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2401
  • TitleSafety at the Navy Yard
  • SummaryCaption: "Safety at the Navy Yard--Johnny Green Cross, safety symbol for the Green Cross Safety Parade on Manhattan's 5th Ave. on Oct. 17, aims a jet of water from one of the fire-fighting tugs of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Johnny journeyed to the Navy Yard to inspect the 24-foot safety float now being constructed as the Yard's entry in the 5th Ave. safety pageant." Image includes an unidentified sailor standing next to Johnny and a section of New York Harbor and the Brooklyn waterfront, including portions of two covered piers, in background..
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; date stamped on caption: Oct 4, 1953. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectNew York Naval Shipyard ; Fire extinction -- Equipment and supplies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire hose ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Tugboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Navy Yard (New York, N.Y.)New York Harbor (N.Y. and N.J.)
  • 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: Brooklyn Navy Yard: Employees: Women: General