About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0134
  • TitleHarry Schadkin
  • SummaryCaption: "Harry Schadkin, 49, of 2448 E. 18th St., one of the messengers [held up and robbed of $16,000 in payroll in front of 325 Jay Street], who died of a heart attack [shortly after the robbery]."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Date stamped on verso: Sep[t] 22, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectRobbery -- New York (State) -- New York ; Victims of crimes -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: General