About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0135
  • TitleScene of payroll stickup
  • SummaryCaption: "Scene of payroll stickup--Photo shows spot in front of 325 Jay St. where two messengers were robbed of $16,000 payroll as they walked toward Concord Village housing project, shown under construction in background. Two men walking away from camera on sidewalk represent messengers, and District Atorney's representative in street; arrow marks spot where car bearing bandits halted." Image includes several parked cars and several trucks, mostly moving.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. Date stamped on verso: Sep[t] 22, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Business districts -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Crime scenes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Trucks -- 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: Crime: Robbery: General