About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0056
  • TitleNabbed in gambling raid
  • SummaryCaption: "Nabbed in gambling raid--Mob scene at Brooklyn police headquarters is result of raid on South Brooklyn bookie joint in which 32 men were picked up, some on gambling charges, others on disorderly conduct charges. Two raids by borough's morals squad netter total of 38 men and one woman."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Stamped on verso: date: Jan.24, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and crime -- 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: Gambling: Bookmaking