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Fire rescue work (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Michael Daddino said:

  Same location as this photo, the National Cloak & Suit Company building. According to the NYT, the National Cloak and Suit Company occupied "the entire west side of the block on Seventh Avenue between Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Street" in New York City. A look at Google Maps' Street View confirms that it's this location, 250 Seventh Avenue, currently a Whole Foods store. There is also an October 10, 1912 story about city-wide fire drill exercises the previous day, one of which took place at the building, so this picture could have been taken on October 9, 1912, unless there other fire drills of this type taken in other years.

• The Library of Congress said:

  Thanks, epicharmus! We will add a note to the source data and reload the description.

• Wystan said:

  The photo adjacent to this one in the Bain News Agency's photostream is indeed dated 10/9/[19]12: