About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0142
  • TitleAfter sad day at races
  • SummaryDistrict attorney (holding two revolvers) and stenographer, seated at left, looking at seated man at right; four men standing behind them. Caption: "AFTER SAD DAY AT RACES: Taking part in questioning session at Wilson Ave. precinct are, seated left to right, Assistant D. A. Aaron Silver, stenographer Louis Phillips and Frank Conti. Standing left to right are Victor Masotta, Santo Capalvo, Frank Cirincione and Irving Mennen. Later, police booked Conti, Capalvo and Cirincione on charge of robbing Brooklynite of $60 and a winning lottery ticket. . . ."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 16, 1952; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Fox." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPublic prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stenographers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- 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: Robbery: Muggings