About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0087
  • TitlePeace parley
  • SummaryCaption: "Peace parley--Assistant District Attorney Jon E. Cone, County Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz and Police Capt. John B. Goodliff, seated, left to right, facing camera, confer with members of three Park Slope teenage gangs in conference called yesterday in 5th Ave. police station by Judge Leibowitz in attempt to end neighborhood juvenile gang warfare." Image shows twenty-two people, several of whom are back to camera and several of whom are partially visible. The group includes two clergymen.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteStamped on verso: date: Nov. 27, 1950; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectClergy -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gang members -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gangs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- 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: Gangs