About This Item

  • Call NumberSCHL_0605
  • TitleLooking 'em over
  • SummaryCaption: "Looking 'em over--District Attorney Miles F. McDonald, right, examines package of dynamite sticks found today on roof of rabbinical school [United Luvavitcher Yeshivoth] at Bedford Ave. and Dean St. He said they contained enough explosive to destroy not only the shcool, but many of the surrounding buildings. In the picture with him are Dan McNaughton and Joseph Trainor of Police Emergency Squad 15;" sign in foreground, "Danger bomb." Note: School later relocated to 843 Ocean Parkway.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 23, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectUnited Lubavitcher Yeshivoth (New York, N.Y.) ; Dynamite -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (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: Schools: Private: United Lubavitcher Yeshivoth