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Brooklyn City Hall Tower Fire

Appears to be a copyprint taken by Lloyd ca. 1905. A roof level view of the 1895 Brooklyn City Hall cupola burning; shows fire ladders propped against the building and firefighters on the roof...

[Fighting a fire from the rooftop of a townhouse]

A fire company attempting to put out a fire. The photo shows a ladder reaching up to the roof of a townhouse from a firetruck across the street as smoke billows overhead. A fireman is on top of...

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

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....

[Fighting a fire on the roof of a townhouse]

Fire fighting on the roof of a townhouse. A fire ladder reaches to the roof , presumably from a truck across the street, though that truck is not fully visible. A fireman sits atop the ladder,...

[Firemen entinguishing a fire above a bookstore]

Image focuses on a fire hose being used by the fire department to extinguish a fire that appears to be in a residential building on the corner of Bleeker Street and Knickerbocker Avenue in...

[Burned-down buildings]

A building that has been burned to the ground. The photo also shows water from a hose being sprayed at a building adjacent to the burned -own building. The back of adjecent building appears to be...