About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0024
  • TitleDeath-dealing toys
  • SummaryCaption: "Death-dealing toys--These guns are all homemade, have figured in a Brooklyn murder and other crimes, and are in the possession of the office of District Miles F. McDonald. The regular 'zip' gun, center, was converted from a toy airplane launcher. On right is a lethal weapon made of two blocks of wood, a door hook, and a rubber band. At the left are converted cowboy and cap pistol guns, which frequently are advertised for sale in comic books."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • 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: Underworkd: II