About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0128
  • Title$150,000 worth of loot recovered
  • SummaryCaption: "$150,000 worth of loot recovered--In Manhattan Police Headquarters Anthony Facci, left, and Morris Potnick, booked as receivers of stolen goods are shown amid piles of furs, cameras, silverware, and jewelry seized by police in raids on midtown Manhattan hotel rooms and fur district loft building."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Feb. 26, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Fur garments -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- 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: Commercial