About This Item
- TitleFighting the flood
- Call NumberNEIG_0945
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Fighting the flood--Bucket brigade of friends and neighbors [seven boys] aids Salvatore Covais clear away flood waters in front of his home at 2043 E. 55th St. Covais is at right, rear.
- Date1949
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug 14, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorMcNamara, C. E. [photographer]
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBoys ; Floods ; Pails
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (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.