About This Item

  • TitleFlatbush fire routs 20 families
  • Call NumberWORK_0503
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummarySix firemen examining charred rooftop; two in foreground with pikes and staves. Caption: "Flatbush fire routs 20 families: Firemen see to it that no dangerous sparks are left on roof of six-story apartment house at 811 Cortelyou Road, where two-alarm fire broke out today. . . ."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 28, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Lambert." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ruined buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roofs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kensington (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.