About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0600
  • TitleLife-saving mission
  • SummaryCaption: "Life-saving mission--Spurred by the Brooklyn Eagle's drive to eliminate further tragedies in the cuts operated by the Long Island Rail Road and the Board of Transportation, a group of officials toured the area yestereday to study and discuss the situation. Left to right, Daniel F. Connolly, inspector of bridges and buildings for the Long Island Rail Road; Charles W. Burke, chief engineer, maintenance of way, Board of Transportation; Jeanne Toomey, Eagle reporter; Capt. John L. Reynolds, executive assistant to the trustee, and Patrolman John Campbell of the Long Island Rail Road look over a recently repaired section of the fence on the city's side of the cut ..."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 8, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFences -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads -- Safety measures -- 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: Railroads: LIRR: Safety