About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0158
  • TitleMob scene
  • SummaryLarge crowd of men and women in courtroom, some looking into camera, presumably in courthouse in downtown Brooklyn. Caption: "Mob Scene: This is the Calendar Part of Special Sessions Court in Brooklyn, where crowd jams every inch of space. Note scene in foreground, with attorneys clamoring for attention amid the bedlam."
  • 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: Feb. 25, 1948; "Eagle staff photo."
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Conduct of court proceedings -- 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: Judiciary: Special Sessions Court