Crane Wreck at Queens Boulevard

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in a polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1927 or 1928; 1927 Material: safety film; gelatin silver prints Dimension: 3 1/2 x 6 inches (negative); 3 x 5 1/2 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:14944 wjr-000413 wjr-000413.tif

Description: A small group of men, some in uniform, stand to the right of a fallen crane, identified in notes accompanying the photograph as "Crane #173, wrecked at Queens Boulevard trestle". Although the photograph is dated 1928, it may have actually been taken in September of 1927. On September 2, 1927, a crane operator was killed when the traveling crane he was operating, on the Long Island Rail Road viaduct over Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, fell to the street

Title : Crane Wreck at Queens Boulevard

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1927 or 1928; 1927

Summary/Description : A small group of men, some in uniform, stand to the right of a fallen crane, identified in notes accompanying the photograph as "Crane #173, wrecked at Queens Boulevard trestle". Although the photograph is dated 1928, it may have actually been taken in September of 1927. On September 2, 1927, a crane operator was killed when the traveling crane he was operating, on the Long Island Rail Road viaduct over Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst, fell to the street

Subject : Long Island Rail Road; Accidents

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in a polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : Queens Boulevard at Jacobus Street, Elmhurst, NY Elmhurst (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : safety film; gelatin silver prints; 3 1/2 x 6 inches (negative); 3 x 5 1/2 inches (print); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:14944 wjr-000413 wjr-000413.tif