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  • TitleAt the Hempstead anti-narcotics forum
  • Call NumberCLUB_0313
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "At the Hempstead anti-narcotics forum last night at the Hempstead Elks were, from left to right, Hempstead mayor Ernest Ashdown, Exalted Ruler of the Elks John H. Wichmann, Nassau County District Attorney Frank Gulotta, explaining heroin and marijuana equipment furnished by his office, Judge of Children's Court James J. Gehrig, and James C. Ryan, district supervisor of the Federal Narcotics Bureau."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 13, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectClubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Drugs of abuse -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceOther place
  • LocationHempstead (N.Y.)
  • 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.