About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0019
  • TitleJoe Adonis
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0017, PORT 0016), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three portraits, in different sizes, of Joe Adonis, underworld figure, whose real name was Joseph Doto. 0016 shows full figure and is not dated; 0017 is two mug shots, one in profile; 0019 is a studio portrait.
  • Date1939, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsidentification photographsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0016.
  • SubjectAdonis, Joe ; Criminals -- 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: Portraits: Adonis, Joe