About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0060
  • TitleSwings into action
  • SummaryCaption: "Swings into action--Police Commissioner George P. Monaghan, seated, right, tells newsmen he is studying records of 70 captains, deputy inspectors, and inspectors for any evidence of corruption as charged in Brooklyn grand jury. Listening, front row, second from left, is William B. Herlands, special prosecutor in the State Island graft probe."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 26, 1951; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectLawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Reporters and reporting -- 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: Gambling: Bookmaking