On The Brink of Death
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On The Brink of Death

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Photograph

On The Brink of Death

1966
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/8 × 8 1/8 in. (16.8 × 20.6 cm)
Paper: 7 1/16 × 9 1/16 in. (17.9 × 23 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0354.0003
Inscriptions Printed in black ink on paper attached on verso, OA: C 3097 (NY25) \ CBS - TELEVISION PHOTO FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS \ CAUTION : USE CREDIT \ ON THE BRINK OF DEATH \ FLAMES ROAR THROUGH THE STANDISH ARMS \ HOTEL ROOM, 169 COLUMBIA HEIGHTS, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, DEC. 30, BEHIND A WOMAN IDENTIFIED \ AS ROWENA MATTHEWS, AS SHE SEEKS ESCAPE. \ SHE IS SHOWN HERE AS HER CLOTHES BURST \ INTO FLAME. MOMENTS LATER SHE REACHED OUT \ TO RESCUING FIREMENT, BUT SLID PAST THEM \ AND PLUNGED 11 STORIES TO HER DEATH. THIS \ PHOTO WAS MADE FROM MOTION PICTURE FILM \ TAKEN BY A WOBS TELEVISION CAMERAMAN. \ TJK 250P 12/30/66 WOBS. 43 \ NYW NYT NR STAATS HUD LON PAR S&S ROM \ GER TOK BAIRES PR MEX ZZ TMC NWSK
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