About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0084
  • TitleSwitchblade trio rounded up
  • SummaryCaption: "Switchblade trio rounded up--Part of gang accused of staging a dozen switchblade holdups in the past two weeks is booked at Gates Avenue Precinct. Left to right are john Thompson, 19; Edric Nurse, 18, and Gerald Griffin, 22." Note: There are four young men, all African American, pictured.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Dec. 5, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gang members -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gangs -- 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: Crime: Gangs