About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0171
  • TitleSample of vandalism
  • SummaryMan in suit reaching up to touch ripped awning on commercial street; automobiles and row of strorefronts in background. Caption: "SAMPLE OF VANDALISM: Max Grossberg, partner in National Gift Shop at 4510 13th Ave., examines slashed awning in front of store, one of 11 awnings cut during weekend in five-block stretch of Borough Park business street."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 14, 1951; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Awnings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Businessmen -- New York (State) -- New York ; Victims of crimes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn (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