About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0569
  • TitleFire victim
  • SummaryMan with blanket draped around shoulders sitting in chair and looking ahead. Caption: "Fire victim: Alfred Perrino, who fell in jumping from burning Argentine freighter Rio Parana to a nearby tug, is treated for broken arm and lacerated hand."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 7, 1948; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDisaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sailors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • 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: Fires: Waterfront