About This Item

  • TitleUnited Airlines plane crash
  • Call NumberHERZ_0222
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of portion of United Airlines airplane after crash at Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place; street sign, "One way" sign, "No parking" sign, and portions of three police barriers in foreground, portion of truck on far right, and several men standing at site.
  • Date1960
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Dec. 16, 1960; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorHerzberg, Irving I. [photographer]
  • SubjectDisasters ; Signs [lctgm] ; Street signs ; Aircraft accidents
  • CollectionIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (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.