About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0408
  • TitleMurder trial opens
  • SummaryCaption: "Murder trial opens--Vito Genovese, right, accused of the slaying of Ferdinand (The Shadow) Boccia 12 years ago, listens intently as Assistant District Attorney Julius Helfand, left, confers with defense Counsel Hyman Barshay." Image includes several other men in background including three police officers.
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 6, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGenovese, Vito, 1897-1969 ; Criminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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: Genovese, Vito