About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0721
  • TitleNew police motorcycles
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (WORK 0720), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of police officials and visitors inspecting new police motorcycles in front of police headquarters. Both images include Commissioner P. O'Brien, Chief Inspector August Flath, Chief of Detectives William T. Whalen, and Lt. Col. Edward M. Howell of West Point. 0721 is a close-up view. The location, presumably Brooklyn, is unknown.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0720: Grease pencil cropping marks. Title from caption on verso of 0720.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMotorcycles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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: Police Department: Motorcycle cops