About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0704
  • TitleGunpowder patterns
  • SummaryCaption: "Gunpowder patterns on victim's clothing are photographed by Dr. James J. Manning with Grenz X-ray. Patterns show approximate distance at which guns have been fired, proving or disproving theories of suicide or murder. The [police] laboratory [located at 72 Poplar Street] was established in 1934."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jul[y] 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCrime laboratories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Criminal investigation -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grenz rays
  • 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: Police Department: Crime Detection Laboratory