About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0018
  • TitleJoe Adonis
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0013), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images, in different sizes, of underworld figure Joe Adonis with his lawyer, Hyman Barshay. 0013 includes partial views of three other men in background.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0018: cropped and retouched; 6 x 6 in. Title from inscription on verso of 0013.
  • SubjectAdonis, Joe ; Criminals -- 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: Portraits: Adonis, Joe