About This Item


  • Call NumberGOVT_0131
  • TitleGrand jurors visit jail
  • SummaryFifteen men posing in front of bus parked in before building with rusticated base and arched entrance; several others in bus. Caption: "Grand Jurors Visit Jail: Part of a March Kings County Grand Jury about to leave by bus from Central Courts Building on Schermerhorn St. on a visit to Sing Sing Prison. Mrs. Katherine B. Goate, only woman grand juror, is inside bus at extreme right. Immediately in front of her is Joseph G. Lyons, assistant foreman of the grand jury, and to the left of him, in turn, are: Donald G. C. Sinclair, foreman, and Anthony J. Amendola, secretary."
  • Date1948
  • 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: Apr. 2, 1948; "Eagle staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMunicipal buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Courthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Jurors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Buses -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Downtown Brooklyn (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: Grand Jury