Scene of narrow escape
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| 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.) |
| 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
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| Subject: |
Building construction Construction industry Public housing |
| 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 |
