About This Item

  • TitleTower in action
  • Call NumberWORK_0408
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryFireman on truck directing water tower to burning building with brokens windows; four firemen emerging from smoke on fire escape at left; large sign ("More for your money") at lower left. Caption: "Tower in action: This Fire Department watertower aids in fighting $100,000 blaze at 474 Fulton St., in the downtown shopping area...."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 16, 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 ; Fire escapes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire engines -- 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.