About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0059
  • TitleCleaned out bookie nest
  • SummaryCaption: "Cleaned out bookie nest--Detectives inspect rear door of Inwood house where raiders from District Attorney McDonald's office, aided by Nassau County Vice Squad men, discovered elaborate headquarters of a Brooklyn bookie ring."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDates stamped on verso: Sep[t] 16, 1950; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBook-making (Betting) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Detectives -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and crime -- 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