Brooklyn Hotel Afire
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Brooklyn Hotel Afire

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Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Brooklyn Hotel Afire

December 30, 1966
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 9/16 × 8 1/2 in. (16.7 × 21.6 cm)
Paper: 7 1/16 × 9 in. (17.9 × 22.9 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0354.0001
Inscriptions Inscribed on adhered paper on recto, TC: Wirephoto Sequence
Typed on adhered paper on recto: C 3089 (NY9) \ ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK \ CAUTION: USE CREDIT \ BROOKLYN HOTEL AFIRE \ FLAMES FILL INSIDE UPPER STORIES OF THE \ STANDISH ARMS HOTEL IN BROOKLYN HEIGHTS \ EARLY DEC.30. ONE WOMAN PLUNGED TO HER \ DEATH FROM AN 11TH STORY WINDOW, FALLING \ PAST THE OUTSTRETCHED ARMS OF TWO FIRE- \ MEN ON A LADDER TWO FEET BELOW HER. \ TJK815A 12/30/66 STR.30 \ NYW NYT NR STRAATS HUD PR TMO NWSK WW
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