About This Item
- TitleScene of narrow escape
- Call NumberHOUS_0060
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryOverhead view of fallen equipment on collapsed roof of construction shed; two trucks in right background. Caption on verso: "Scene of Narrow Escape: Three City Housing inspectors [not shown] in shock at Farragut Houses, Gold and Sands Sts., rushed to check on noise made by snapping cable just as 100-foot beam and five-ton bucket of concrete crashed through roof at spot where they had been working."
- Date1950
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteOn verso: date stamped: Apr. 17, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks.
- CreatorGeller, Jules
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBuilding construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Construction industry -- Accidents -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (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.