About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0165
  • TitleThe remains
  • SummaryMan in workshop or basement holding head of a partially destroyed sculpture of a seated figure; second man in trench coat observing at right. Caption: "THE REMAINS: Nicholas Ramponi shows the pieces of a what is left of his pride and joy -- a clay figure of a 14-year-old Negro boy. Figure was smashed Sunday by a rock thrown in Ramponi's store window at 940 McDonald Ave."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jul. 11, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Statues -- New York (State) -- New York ; Victims of crimes -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBorough Park (New York, N.Y.)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: Vandalism