About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0487
  • TitleAid for stricken fireman
  • SummaryUnseen fireman covered with blankets lying on ground; other firemen and priest attending him; fire truck in background. Caption: "Aid for stricken fireman: Laid low by smoke poisoning, Fireman John A. Cunningham, wrapped in blankets, receives artificial respiration from another fireman, kneeling at this feet, while the Rev. Merritt E. Yeager, Fire Department chaplain, reads prayers . . . ."
  • 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: Apr. 16, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle staff photo by Fox." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCatholic Church -- Clergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- 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: Fires: 1953