About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0060
  • TitleScene of narrow escape
  • SummaryOverhead view of fallen equipment on collapsed roof of construction shed; two trucks in right background. Caption on verso: "Scene of Narrow Escape: Three City Housing inspectors [not shown] in shock at Farragut Houses, Gold and Sands Sts., rushed to check on noise made by snapping cable just as 100-foot beam and five-ton bucket of concrete crashed through roof at spot where they had been working."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 17, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction industry -- Accidents -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- 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: Housing: Farragut Houses