About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0713
  • TitleHighlighting average cop
  • SummaryCaption: "Highlighting average cop's plight--Patrolman Philip Grossberg of Sheepshead Bay Precinct shows Raymon H. Chadeayne, foreman of the holdover grand jury, the chart giving take-home pay of policemen in various brackets demonstrated to grand jurors by County Judge Samuel Leibowitz, who charged them to look into 'shocking' economic status of city's policemen. Grossberg, whose take-home pay is $39.45 a week, appeared as a 'witness' and was backed up by Patronman Robert Gumbel, second from right, and Patrolman Preston Plumb, extreme right. Gumbel and Plumb are assigned to District Attorney's Office."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Dec. 21, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolice -- Salaries, etc. -- New York (State) -- New York ; Wages -- 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: Police Department: General