About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0028
  • TitleSouvenirs surrendered to foil crime
  • SummaryCaption: "Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime--This large collection of firearms [mostly pictols and rifles] displayed at Manhattan Police Headquarters indicates the hearty response of war veterans to the police call to turn in weapons picked up on the battlefield. The souvenir round-up will prevent many enemy weapons from falling into the hands of criminals."
  • Date1945
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 25, 1945; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFirearms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pistols -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rifles -- 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: Firearms: Underworld: II