Title: | Scene of narrow escape |
Description: | Overhead view of fallen equipment on collapsed roof of construction shed; two trucks in right background. Caption on verso: "Scene of Narrow Escape: Three City Housing inspectors [not shown] in shock at Farragut Houses, Gold and Sands Sts., rushed to check on noise made by snapping cable just as 100-foot beam and five-ton bucket of concrete crashed through roof at spot where they had been working." |
Date: | 1950 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Geller, Jules. |
More Details: |
On verso: date stamped: Apr. 17, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso. Grease pencil cropping marks. |
Collection: | Housing [3]
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Subject: |
Building construction [4] Construction industry [5] Public housing [6] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
ID: | HOUS 0060 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/b32ea62f6c95abee10771176c2dfd74b&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Housing
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/b/Building construction
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/c/Construction industry
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Public housing