About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0510
  • TitleSpectacular blaze
  • SummaryNight view of two firemen on ladder aiming water into fourth floor window; two other firemen on firetruck, and five more on ground. Caption: "Spectacular blaze: Firemen atop ladder pour water into buring factory in downtown Brooklyn where five-alarm blaze caused injury to 13 firemen, trapping one of them in basement for several hours while rescue teams worked feverishly to free them."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 14, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; United Press Association stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorUnited Press Associations
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: 1954. I