About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0055
  • TitleIron bookie
  • SummaryCaption: "Iron bookie--Patrolman Thomas Lawrence checks over 'cheesebox' gadget found in room at 264 W. 23d St., Manhattan, which was used by bookie ring in Brooklyn to make contact with bettors."
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: May 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropoping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBook-making (Betting) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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