About This Item

  • TitleFiremen battle Williamsburg blaze
  • Call NumberWORK_0409
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree fireman standing on street amid debris from burning storefront at left; ladder propped against second story window. Caption: "Firemen battle Williamsburg blaze: At height of fire which yesterday afternoon burned out lower portion of 4-story building at 473 Grand St., near Keap St. Three alarms were turned in and fire was got under control after an hour's fire-fighting , at 3 p. m...."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 11, 1951; "Eagle Staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • 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.)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.