About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0437
  • Title[Fire on waterfront]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0436), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of fire on Brooklyn waterfront near Adams Street; 0436 shows woman and daughter under Manhattan Bridge running away from fire; chain link fence at right; fire blazing behind building in background; 0437 shows tower or crane on fire, with firemen in truck directing stream of water into flames; other firetruck in foreground, with fireman pulling or adjusting hose; warehouse ("Sinram Bros. Coal") at left.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 9 x 11 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 20, 1952; photographer's inscription. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Bridge (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: 1952