About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1915
  • TitleGerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Dept
  • SummaryView of uniformed men, members of the Gerritsen Beach Volunteer Fire Department, standing in field; man in back is ringing large bell on scaffold. There are several other people and several small wood-frame houses in background.
  • Date1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Aug. 10/31; Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectBells -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (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: Gerritsen Beach: Volunteer Fire Department