About This Item

  • Title[Central Presbyterian Church]
  • Call NumberCHUR_0528
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFiremen standing on fire truck fight church fire; two firemen and one spectator stand in street. Caption: "Firemen operate a searchlight to direct hoses at the five-alarm fire which razed the Central Presbyterian Church, Jefferson and Marcy Aves. The roof collapsed shortly after this picture was taken."
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Sept. 4/36. Retouched. Title from inscription on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectCentral Presbyterian Church (New York, N.Y.) ; Presbyterian church buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.