NY fireboat FIREFIGHTER underway, water cannons in action, port quarter, George Washington Bridge, Hudson River, 1938
black-and-white photograph; safety negative
PHOTOGRAPHS - SOFT NEGATIVESRosenfeld and Sons
USA, NY, New York
1938-10-05
safety film, AGFA #6
overall: 4 x 5 in.
4x5 safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1938. Long view of the New York firefighting vessel FIREFIGHTER with all hoses pumping and a view of the George Washington suspension bridge in the background which spans the Hudson River and connects the Washington Heights neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan in New York City to Fort Lee in New Jersey. Stamped negative sleeve info.: "90315F". Handwritten: "NY Fireboat / Firefighter / [Box] 4502". Stamped upper right: "MORRIS ROSENFELD / PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATOR / 116 NASSAU STREET, N.Y. / Phone BEekman 3-4970". CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.
1984.187.90315F
Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection