About This Item


  • Title[Volunteer firemen at 1936 annual parade]
  • Call NumberWORK_0451
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0453, WORK 0452, WORK 1107), some of which may also be described in this new record; Elderly volunteer firemen wearing fire helmets at annual parade in Brooklyn Heights; 0451 (7 x 9 in.) shows two firemen shaking hands, with man on left holding bouquet and man on right holding horn; 1107 (5 x 9 in.) shows same two firemen shaking hands, with third man in helmet at right and officers in caps looking on; 0452 and 0453 (identical images except for cropping) show three firemen with horns posing before old fasioned fire engine.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. On verso of 1107: date inscribed: Feb. 23/36; "Eagle staff photo" on captions of 0453 and 1107. 1107 retouched; grease pencil cropping marks on 0453.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectVolunteer fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- 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.