About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0077
  • TitleFour policy bankers quizzed
  • SummaryCaption: "Four policy 'bankers' quizzed--In lobby of Brooklyn rackets probe office, 184 Joralemon St., Assistant District Attorney Malvin Davidson rounds up four men [all African American] seized in policy game raid on Bainbridge St. for questioning before court arrignment."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 15, 1950; inscribed: "Photo by C. E. McNamara; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- 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: Policy ring