About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0745
  • TitleProtest closing of precinct
  • SummaryCaption: "Protest closing of precinct--Williamsburg families, protesting plans to close Stagg Street Precinct and combine it with the Herbert Street and Meserole Avenue Precincts, picket City Hall. Mayor was busy and they were advised to take their complaint to Police Commissioner Adams. They said closing precinct would be good news to hoodlums."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDemonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Precincts