About This Item

  • TitleFire fighters holding Torahs
  • Call NumberTEMP_0042
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryThree fire fighters with Torahs rescued from fire at Temple Eltz Chaim Makasike Horah, probably in Brownsville; each fire fighter wearing boots and raincoat and holding two Torahs apiece; fire hoses and debris on exterior stairway in background.
  • Date1936
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: Jan. 2/36. Title supplied by cataloger. Retouched.
  • SubjectTorah scrolls ; Fire fighters -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brownsville (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.