About This Item

  • Call NumberTRAN_0592
  • TitleDanger beckons
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0593), some of which may also be described in this new record; Caption: "Danger beckons--On 62d St. near 9th Ave., the wavering fence surrounding the Long Island Rail Road cut and B. M. T. cut gives up the fight. [In 0593] Francis De Lanzo, 6, of 625 Fort Hamilton Parkway, shows how easy it is to saunter through a hole in the barrier leading to the yards where many children have been killed or maimed by high tension wires, as [in 0592] Mrs. Catherine Solitario of 1016 62d St. rushes after her two-year-old namesake, Catherine, who can clamber over the bent wire to destruction."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 6 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 4, 1951; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren's accidents -- Prevention -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fences -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBay Ridge (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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: Railroads: LIRR: Safety