About This Item

  • TitleFighting Flatbush fire
  • Call NumberWORK_0548
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFiremen and firetruck in front of smoking building on street with storefronts for bowling alley, cleaners, and liquor store; parked automobiles and tangle of hoses in foreground. Caption: "Fighting Flatbush fire: Firemen battle blaze at 1720 Church Ave. which raged for 75 minutes before being brought under control. Damage was 'considerable' and four firefighters were affected by heavy smoke."
  • Date1954
  • 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: Nov. 5, 1954; "Eagle photo by Al Lambert"; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks; portion of top right corner torn off.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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.