About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_2303
  • Title[Two women and child on fire escape]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 2304), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two close-up images: young woman covered with sheet, holding young child, lying on top of fire escape. 2303 includes woman covered with sheet sitting on opposite end of fire escape in far right, two mops propped up on far right, section of brick building in foreground, and several spectators on ground in blurry background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1949. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectFire escapes
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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: Brownsville: General