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  • TitleDirecting fire fighters
  • Call NumberWORK_0524
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryNight view of fire chief and three men in suits standing on snow and looking towards right; firetruck with two firemen in background. Caption: "Directing fire fighters: Fire Chief Peter Loftus, second from left, points to a danger spot at the Atlantic Basic waterfront fire which destroyed four warehouses and caused $3,000,000 loss. Shown, left to right, Fire Marshal Martin Scott, Chief Loftus, District Attorney Edward Silver and new First Deputy Police Commissioner John Kennedy."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 16, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFires -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fire chiefs -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceRed Hook (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.