About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0140
  • TitleThe finger points
  • SummaryThree people seated at desk in foreground; three young men behind them with backs to camera and averted gazes. Caption: "THE FINGER POINTS: Erna Ribner, a registered nurse who was mugged Dec. 22, identifies three drug addicts, who admit 25 to 30 purse snatches, as the men who attacked and robbed her of $105. Stenographer Joseph Barbella takes notes while Assistant District Attorney Gerald Adler also points an accusing finger. The suspects, left to right, are Tommy (The Crow) Cronin, Joseph T. Albarano and Ralph J. Serpico."
  • Date1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 6, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMugging victims -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stenographers -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: Robbery: Muggings