About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0021
  • TitleToy into weapon
  • SummaryCaption: "Toy into weapon--City Court Justice John E. Cone, Jr., right, shows Assemblyman Frank J. Pina a dangerous 'zip gun,' contrived from a toy Western pistol, a length of metal tubing, a strong rubber band, and tape. Those are real bullets."
  • Date1955
  • 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: Jan. 2, 1955; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectFirearms -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Legislators -- 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: Underworld: I