About This Item

  • TitleSmoke screen
  • Call NumberWORK_1069
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Smoke screen--Visible from points blocks away, clouds of smoke arise from the generating station of the Consolidated Edison Co. at the foot of Hudson Ave."
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: May 15, 1947; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectConsolidated Edison Company of New York, inc ; Electric utilities -- New York (State) -- New York ; Smoke -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Vinegar Hill Historic District (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.