About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0560
  • TitleDeath ship in waterfront blaze
  • SummaryAerial view of fireboats extinguishing fire aboard freighter. Caption: "Death ship in waterfront blaze: Fireboats direct streams of water at the New York and Cuba Mail Line freighter Panuco as it burns on the Gowanus flats. The fatal fire started yesterday on Pier 27, foot of Warren St."
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 19, 1941; International News Photos stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fireboats -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- 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: Waterfront