About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0075
  • TitleThe $2 answer
  • SummaryCaption: "The $2 answer--One of the $2 bill halves used as a talisman against arrest for gambling in the 19th Division, according to the district attorney's office, and the way a 'runner' would flash it for the law."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1950; on caption "Eagle staff." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Money -- 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: Gambling: Policy ring