About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0601
  • TitleChildren play here and die
  • SummaryCaption: "Children play here and die--Spread before you [in distant background] is the Long Island Rail Road freight yard at 7th Ave. between 62nd and 64th Sts., where 11-year-old Thomas Flynn was electrocuted last Friday on top of a boxcar. ..." Image includes man standing at fence and sign, "Warning: live wires."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped" Sep[t] 4, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (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: Railroads: LIRR: Safety