[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
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| 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 |
