About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0716
  • TitleThey want action against hoodlums
  • SummaryCaption: "They want action against hoodlums--Women and children in East New York swarm along stairway to Atlantic Ave. overpass, carry slogans calling for police protection against rowdies. In foreground Mrs. Marian Ingeardi of 1493 St. Mark's Ave.--her sign reads 'My son was knifed on this crossing'--stops an approaching pedestrian to explain the reason for the demonstration: need for cops on the beat."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: caption stamped: Aug. 9, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; on caption: "Eagle photo by Kruh." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorKruh, Johnny
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChildren and violence -- New York (State) -- New York ; Demonstrations -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East New York (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: General