About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0401
  • TitleRuins : : after the late fire in Brooklyn, corner view, looking north
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0402), some of which may also be described in this new record; Identical engravings (except for size) of ruined foundation of building at unknown location in Brooklyn; groups of pedestrians in Victorian costume observing ruin and talking among themselves; barrels and debris on street in left foreground; scattered trees and buildings in background.
  • Date[18--]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genreengravings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on recto. 0401: 8 x 10 in.; 0402, 6 x 9 in.
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ruined buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Spectators -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Fires: Before 1900