About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0709
  • TitleSuspect package
  • SummaryCaption: "Suspect package is X-rayed by Detective William Schmitt to see if it contains bomb. X-ray photos make bomb disarming easier. X-rays also are useful for exposing loaded dice seized in gambling raids."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 6, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCrime laboratories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Criminal investigation -- New York (State) -- New York ; Detectives -- New York (State) -- New York ; X-ray spectroscopy -- 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: Crime detection laboratory