About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0429
  • TitleGutted by three-alarm blaze
  • SummaryFour fireman moving on debris-strewn street of storefronts; several ladders propped against buildings; tangle of fire hoses amid debris on street in foreground. Caption: "Gutted by three-alarm blaze: Firemen apply finishing touches in extinguishing spectacular fire on Fulton St. in Bedford-Stuyvesant area. Considerable damage is apparent in shambles of poultry store and luncheonette...."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 14, 1952; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert.". Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (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: Fires: 1952