About This Item

  • Call NumberHOSP_0007
  • TitleWilliamsburg tragedy
  • SummaryAerial view. Caption: "Williamsburg tragedy--Neighbors in Williamsburg look on as ambulance carries away bodies of Edward Becker and his showgirl wife, Clemence Becker, after Becker had killed her and himself."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Jun[e] 28, 1946. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAmbulances -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime scenes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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: Hospitals: Ambulances