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- TitleSmoke pall from downtown fire
- Call NumberWORK_0489
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryAerial view of firemen on rooftop of smoking five-story building; sign reading "Tech Book Exchange" on ground floor of building; construction site in foreground; spectators on street at left. Caption: "Smoke pall from downtown fire: A blaze of undetermined origin in five-story tenement, abandoned to make way for Brooklyn Civic Center units, shot billows of smoke around the downtown area today and kept firemen busy on every floor and the roof, before the fire was brought under control."
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
- Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 1, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller."
- CreatorGeller, Jules
- 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.)Brooklyn Heights (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.