About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0151
  • TitleBullet-spattered chase
  • SummaryThree adolescent African American boys seated at desk in precinct house; assistant district attorney seated at right; three policemen standing behind them. Caption (partly missing): "[Missing] BULLET-SPATTERED CHASE: Three youths seized in stolen car are [missing] Poplar St. station. Seated, left to right, Samuel Swindell, 17; Lous Aug[missing]; Clarence Brown, 18, and Assistant D.A. Gerald Adler. Standing, Patrol[man] [missing] Gaffney, Salvatore Signorile and James Neilsen."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption (partly missing) on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 27, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAfrican American teenage boys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public prosecutors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Teenagers: General