About This Item

  • TitleBedford-Stuyvesant pyre
  • Call NumberWORK_0420
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryView of severely damaged two-story house with porch and pediment after fire. Caption: "Bedford-Stuyvesant pyre: A charred shell is all that remains of 175 Monroe St., which was swept by a flash fire early today, killing Mr. and Mrs. Willie Terry and routing 30 families from two adjoining buildings that were also damaged by the flames."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 12, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; United Press Association stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorUnited Press Associations
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Ruined buildings -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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.