Fire--New York City no number

1955

Robert Frank

Associated Names
Robert Frank

Artist, American, born Switzerland, 1924 - 2019

This is a photograph of a contact sheet featuring images of an urban fire scene. The contact sheet displays multiple frames of a firefighting scene, depicting ladders, smoke, and firefighting equipment in action across various angles. Dense smoke clouds are prominent, partially obscuring the scene. The scene is a fire rescue effort in an urban environment. The images are captured on Kodak film, as indicated by the film branding visible on the contact sheet. Each frame documents different aspects of the operation.
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The artist, New York; gift to NGA, 1994.

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Q64165951

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