About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0433
  • TitleThey were trapped by flames
  • SummaryPhysician with stethoscope listening for heartbeat of victiim of fire covered in protective canvas; other firemen, policemen, and pedestrians looking on. Caption: "They were trapped by flames: Dr. H. A. Benedy of Cumberland Hospital pronounced dead two victims of fire at 1101 Bedford Ave. Grief-stricken father, between policemen, looks on."
  • 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: Jun. 18, 1952; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Disaster victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Physicians -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill Historic District (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