About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0015
  • TitleSeized in Red Hook dope raids
  • SummaryCaption: "Seized in Red Hook dope raids--Chief Assistant District Attorney Edward S. Silver, seated at left, confronts scowling Salvatore Pennino, 21-year-old leader of Red Hook dope ring, with quantities of narcotics and heroin-straining equipment seized in dawn roundup. Standing, left to right, are Assistant District Attorney Norman Felig and three other members of gang--August Cafaro, 19; Frank Cisone, 18, and Anthony Oliva, 21."
  • Date1952
  • 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: Mar. 20, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle;" on caption: "Eagle staff photo by Geller." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorGeller, Jules
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- 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: Drugs: Narcotics