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Simply Add Boiling Water

Date December 18, 1943
Location New York United States
Dimensions Image: 9 1/16 x 7 1/16 in. (23 x 17.9 cm)
Paper: 10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Print medium Photo-Gelatin silver

The fire occurred at the AMEKO (American Kitchen Products Co.) Building, next to the Brooklyn Bridge (at left). Minicam Photography, July 1946, states: "The sign across the center of the building [Simply Add Boiling Water] refers to the frankfurters, not the firemen." Actually, the sign refers to AMEKO's chief product: bouillon cubes.

Copyright

© International Center of Photography
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Credit line

Bequest of Wilma Wilcox, 1993

Feedback Accession No. 1046.1993