About This Item

  • TitleFire wrecks church
  • Call NumberCHUR_0443
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFirefighters on snow covered roof at right training hoses on collapsing roof of St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church (still extant) on South 5th and Rodney Streets; rooftops in background; fire ladder propped against roof at lower right.
  • Date1944
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Feb. 13, 1944; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChurch buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (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.