About This Item
- TitleAfter smoke cleared from $1,500,000 fire
- Call NumberWORK_0559
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryView of charred pier and ruined warehouse on Brooklyn waterfront; Manhattan skyline in background. Caption: "After smoke cleared from $1,500,000 fire: With the magnificent New York skyline for a backdrop, the 1,000-foot pier at the foot of Brooklyn's Clark St. presents a dismal spectacle after the smoke cleared away, leaving nothing but charred debris.The pier and its cargo were burned up in an early morning fire that wrought damage estimated at $1,500,000...."
- Date1943
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteTitle from typed caption on verso. On verso: date typed: 1/7/43; "International News Photos."
- CreatorInternational News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
- SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Piers -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan (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.