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Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York – Antique Photo Print

Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York, 12/20/09. — historic photograph
Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York, 12/20/09.. Historic photograph from the Fire Engines collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Firemen spraying burning building on 14th St., trolley in foreground, New York

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A streetcar sits in the foreground while firefighters direct hoses at a burning building on 14th Street in New York, placing the scene on a busy crosstown thoroughfare where electric trolleys ran alongside the fire companies. The record dates the negative to December 20, 1909, and it belongs to the George Grantham Bain Collection, whose news photographers documented city life and disasters in the early twentieth century. The catalog notes that the title comes from unverified caption data, so the exact building and date are worth checking against other sources. The glass plate format was standard for news work of that era, and its sharp detail preserves the equipment and street life of the period.

Created / published12/20/09.
Medium1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
GenreGlass negatives.
NotesForms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch one loaded.
SourceLibrary of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection
Original scan5,872 × 4,317 px · prints to 20 × 14 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-BNN-5679

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