About This Item


  • Call NumberWORK_0403
  • TitleFighting 'L" fire
  • SummaryAerial view of fire-damaged subway train on elevated tracks, presumbaly on present or former route of the L line.; fire inspectors on tracks; miscellaneous buildings in backround.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 21, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Subway stations -- 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: 1900-1950