About This Item
- 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.