About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0033
  • TitleTheir day is done
  • SummaryCaption: "Their day is done--Police hack and destroy 162 gambling devices, pinball machines, roulette wheels, and the like, picked up during the past year and stored at the Police Department at Meeker and Morgan Aves. Left to right are Peter Segreto, assistant property clerk, Chief Inspector Martin J. Brown, and Police Commissioner Wallander."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Jun[e] 23, 1948; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roulette -- 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: I