About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0018
  • TitleMakeshift weapons
  • SummaryCaption: "Makeshift weapons like these are used in many instances by teenage criminals. The 'gun' shown on top is an imitation that can be bought by mail at a cost of one dollar. Pictured below it is a 'homemade' pistol taken from a juvenile delinquent. What looks like the hammer is really a door hook ."
  • Date1948
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Apr. 29, 1948. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFirearms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pistols -- 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: Firearms: Underworld: I