About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0113
  • TitleBattlers in the dark
  • SummaryCaption: "Battlers in the dark--Patrolman George DeMott of 122 69th St., left, and Robert Hayes of 8220 Fort Hamilton Parkway, at W. 30th St. station, Manhattan, preparing to go home after pitched battle in dark with two safecrackers which ended with one of the thugs dead, the other [an African American man pictured ] a prisoner. Note patch on DeMott's cheek, covering up only battle injury to police, and knocked-off safe tumblers in police hands."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Oct. 30, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Robbery: Banks