About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0150
  • TitleShots that missed
  • SummaryPoliceman in rain slicker pointing to bullet holes in door of apartment building; two white arrows superimposed on image also pointing to bullet holes. Caption: "SHOTS THAT MISSED: Arrows point to bullet holes in glass door at 1380 Flatbush Ave. where shots pegged by yelling mob of teenagers at John Sapienza, whizzed by him last night. Motorcade apparently was indulging in vicious new game -- hunting down pedestrians."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorIrving & Bob
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBullets -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatbush (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: Teenagers: General