About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0198
  • TitleMob scene
  • SummaryMen in suits (some looking into camera) standing in hallway of former courthouse (since demolished) on Fulton and Joralemon Streets. Caption: "Mob Scene: Corridor outside Brooklyn Supreme Court's Trial Term Part 1 is thronged with lawyers as backlog of 10,000 personal injury cases is disposed of in calendar call ordered by Appellate Division."
  • Date1953
  • 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: Nov. 18, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Retouched.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Conduct of court proceedings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lost architecture -- 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: Government: Judiciary: Kings County Supreme Court: People