About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0096
  • TitleSeized in gang war
  • SummaryCaption: "Seized in gang war--These [eleven African American] teenagers were among 18 youths booked at the Liberty Ave. precinct after a gang feud broke out in Brownsville. Three were wounded and there was a street free-for-all in the warfare between the 'Saints' and the "Socialistic Gents'."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 1, 1949; "on caption: Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American teenage boys -- 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: Juvenile delinquency