[Extinguishing a fire in the Ruth & Sam Book Shop building]

[Extinguishing a fire in the Ruth & Sam Book Shop building]
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Title: [Extinguishing a fire in the Ruth & Sam Book Shop building]
Description:

Fighting a fire in the building that houses Ruth & Sam Book Shop. A plume of water descends down onto the building from an unknown origin but we see a fire ladder or crain in the foreground. The store is on the corner of Bleeker Street and another street whose name is illegible in the photo.

Date: 1977
Location: Bushwick (New York, N.Y.)
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: unknown
Collection: 1977 Blackout Slide collection
Subject: Electric power failures
Storefronts
Fire
Fire departments
Fire engines & equipment
Fire fighters
Fire fighting
Fire fighting equipment
Bookstores
Ruth & Sam Book Shop (New York, N.Y.)
Institution: Brooklyn Historical Society
Medium: Color slides
Rights: RESTRICTED
ID: v2007.042.56