About This Item

  • TitlePillar of Fire Church
  • Call NumberHERZ_0227
  • Cite AsIrving I. Herzberg photograph collection, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryClose-up of portion of stone facade of Pillar of Fire Church, with sign attached to front wall, on the corner of Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place, destroyed by crash of United Airlines airplane; debris in foreground and portions of two residential buildings in background.
  • 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 ; Protestant churches ; 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.