About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0132
  • TitleNabbed for $114 robbery
  • SummaryThree young men (one with cigarette) standing behind two seated men in suits (one gesturing with ballpoint pen). Caption: "NABBED FOR $114 ROBBERY: Accused of series of holdups in Flatlands and Sheepshead Bay areas, three youths are booked for $114 robbery of Samuel Pessin in his drug store, 4523 Avenue L, on Jan. 13. Standing, left to right, are James J. Sheridan, 24, 356 Park Ave.; Michael Parente, 19, 121 Classon Ave., and George Schillinger, 18, 110 Meserole St. Seated are stenographer Maurice Rosenthal, left, and Assistant District Attorney Gerald Adler."
  • Date1955
  • 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: Jan. 21, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectYoung men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Stenographers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Flatlands (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Robbery: General