About This Item

  • TitleHistoric boro church gutted
  • Call NumberCHUR_0016
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryNight photograph of church fire; pedestrians and officials observing fire behind fence in foreground; automobile in left foreground. Caption: "Historic Boro Church Gutted: Firemen play hoses on Concord Baptist Church during five-alarm fire early today which gutted the structure at 847 Marcy Ave."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 9 x 7 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 4, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; United Press stamp.
  • CreatorUnited Press Associations
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- 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.