Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0491), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two identical aerial views of firemen directing jet of water from fire truck to fourth floor of burning building; construction site at right; bystanders gathered on street to observe. Caption: "Research lab burns: Microwave Institute of Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn billows smoke out of fifth floor of Consolidated Edison Building at 55 Johnson St., as firemen battle to quell chemical fire."
NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0491. On verso: date stamped: Jun. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. 0491 has grease pencil cropping marks.
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