About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0508
  • TitleRed hot time in Coney Island
  • SummaryNight view of three firemen standing with hose amid ruined buildings and charred timber; building at left with sign reading "Rifle Range." Caption: "Red hot time in Coney Island: Firemen wet down smoking ruins in heart of Coney Island's amusement area at Surf Ave. and W. 8th St. Four-alarm blaze late yesterday swept through four buildings slated to come down soon to make way for new city aquarium."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 15, 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.)Coney Island (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