About This Item

  • Call NumberGOVT_0048
  • TitleDaily courthouse occurrence
  • SummaryTen men in suits (most with backs to camera) conversing, writing, or walking in corrider of court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. Caption: "DAILY COURTHOUSE OCCURRENCE: Prisoner, extreme left, is escorted through crowded corridor in Central Courts Building on way back to pen from one of County Court rooms. Judge Leibowitz fears some day a prisoner may attack a bystander or someone may try to aid in an escape."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 19, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCourthouses -- New York (State) -- New York ; Corridors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Prisoners -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Government: Judiciary: Central Building