About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0170
  • TitleWork of "peace" vandals
  • SummaryNight photograph of base of column showing graffito that reads, 'PEACE NO H-BOMB." Caption: "WORK OF 'PEACE' VANDALS: Pillars at 3d St. entrance to Prospect Park with 'peace' slogans smeared in aluminum paint. Four men and a woman, arrested yesterday, are charged with Memorial Day conspiracy to commit malicious mischief."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 31, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Graffiti -- New York (State) -- New York ; Columns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Park Slope (New York, N.Y.)Prospect Park (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: Vandalism