About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0119
  • Title[Brooklyn bar scene]
  • SummaryClose-up view of a bartender and several men sitting or standing at a bar. The location, presumably Brooklyn, is unknown, and the correlation between the image and crime is unknown, although it is assumed that the image shows either a crime scene or a criminal investigation.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 30, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Photo by C. E. McNamara. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • SubjectBars (Drinking establishments) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bartenders -- 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: Robbery: Bar