Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
[Fire-damaged house at Midland Beach] |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
1924 |
Collection |
Staten Island Geographic Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print, found loose with photograph album X17.0003; the album contains photographs of Midland Beach, Staten Island, and is associated with Henry Johnk. Front view of fire-damaged bungalow with most of its roof missing. A partly burned tree trunk or utility pole is in front of the house at right. Another house is partly visible at far left. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) |
Print size |
3.125 x 5.125 |
Ownership and History |
The Midland Beach resort suffered a devastating fire on September 26, 1924. An article in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported that within hours, the massive blaze had "reduced the resort to a heap of smouldering ruins." The fire also affected a nearby bungalow colony; the article noted that residents formed a bucket brigade, "dousing the roofs of the bungalows with water to protect them from the burning embers." |
Earliest Date |
1924 |
Latest Date |
1924 |
Subjects |
Fire Houses Bungalows |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
X17.0003.19 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Great Kills Woman's Club, July 2017. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |