About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0834
  • TitleStorm casualty
  • SummaryCaption: "Storm casualty--An employe [sic] of [the] Department of Water Supply, Gas and Electricity taking soundings today of residual water from main broken by weight of collapsed paving at Cortelyou and Marlborough Roads. Fill under paving was washed out by storm last night;" windows of three shops and several spectators in background.
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 5, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRoads -- Flood damage ; Spectators ; Water-pipes
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Flatbush: Cortelyou Road