About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1916
  • TitleGerritsen Beach Fire Department
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1914), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (1914): "Men of the Gerritsen Beach Fire Department, the only remaining volunteer company in Brooklyn ... The company was organized in 1922 to give fire protection to the area and bring insurance rates there down. They serve an area of one square mile with 10,000 residents." Sign on firehouse: "Gerrittsen Beach ..."
  • Date1949, 1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: 1914: Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 1916: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso of 1914.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFire engines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Gerritsen Beach (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Gerritsen Beach: Volunteer Fire Department