About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0039
  • TitlePinball cleanup
  • SummaryCaption: "Pinball cleanup--Police remove machine from 651 Atlantic Ave. and load it on truck. More than 900 similar machines had been picked up in Brooklyn by last night and stored at the Bergen St. station. Police estimated that the borough roundup was at the half-way mark".
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan.23, 1942; on caption: "Eagle staff photo". Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Pinball machines -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Fort Greene (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: II