About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0129
  • TitleBigtime coffee burglars
  • SummaryCaption: "Bigtime coffee burglars--Left to right, Vincent J. Barbella, 30; William Ferrara, 19, and Anthony Baldi, 38, charged with stealing huge truckload of coffee, which police soon recovered from Brooklyn waterfront garage. Questioning them is Assistant District Attorney Bernard Alerman, left, while official stenographer Anthony Fodera takes notes."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 23, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stenographers -- 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: Robbery: Commercial