About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0551
  • TitleFighting fatal blaze
  • SummaryNight view of five firemen in front of smoking storefront. Caption: "Fighting fatal blaze: Bending low to avoid smoke fumes which took life of a fire lieutenant, firemen pour water into Ripley Clothing Store, 1480 Pitkin Ave., one of a block of Brownsville stores in which five-alarmer did $500,000 damage last night."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 13, 1955; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMurray, Jack
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: Fires: 1955