About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0139
  • TitleCracked up
  • SummaryPoliceman inspecting heavily damaged automobile resting against lamppost at left; bystander at far left; residential buildings in background. Caption: "CRACKED UP: Automobile in which three suspects fled was damaged in sideswiping a Gates Ave. bus."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsnight photographyphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 17, 1950; "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectTraffic accidents -- New York (State) -- New York ; Automobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Clinton Hill (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: Robbery: Muggings