About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0120
  • TitleLouis Buchalter
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0115), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two portraits, in different sizes, of gangster Louis ("Lepke") Buchalter. 0115 is close-up of his eyes; 0120 is two mug shots, one in profile.
  • Date1945, 1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsidentification photographsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription on verso of 0120.
  • SubjectBuchalter, Louis, 1897-1944 ; 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: Buchalter, Louis (Lepke the Leopard): General