About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0563
  • TitleBattleship fire
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0564), some of which may also be described in this new record; Firemen on pier standing amid tangle of hoses, planking, and ropes; large freighter in background. Caption: "Battle ship fire: Firemen at foot of Pineapple St. pour tons of water into No. 3 hold of Grancolombiana freighter Solviken and eventually get blaze under control." Images are identical.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0564. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 11, 1953; photographer's stamp; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks and retouching on 0564.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cargo ships -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- 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: Waterfront