About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0160
  • TitleThe thrill is gone
  • SummaryThree adolescent boys led by police officer and linked by handcuffs exiting building; crowd of onlookers and photographers awaiting them. Caption: "THE THRILL IS GONE: Three of the Kill-for-Thrill teenage gang glumly leave Felony Court linked together -- by handcuffs now -- as they were in sadistic crime. Left to right are Robert Trachtenberg, half out the door, muscular Melvin Mittman and Jerome Lieberman. They were held without bail".
  • Date1954
  • 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: Aug. 18, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Eagle photo by Geller." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTeenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Handcuffs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Photographers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Murder -- 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: Teenagers: Thrill Kill