About This Item

  • Call NumberWORK_0970
  • TitleCupboard was practically bare
  • SummaryCaption: "Cupboard was practically bare--Rita Harris of 239 Lincoln Road, a typist at the Kings County General Tire and Rubber Company, 472 Atlantic Ave., looks at the empty petty cash box which contained about $200, the only money a burglar got for all his pains after cutting a hole in the roof and cracking the safe. James Larsen, 1632 E. 13th St., office manager, looks at a crowbar the burglar left behind ..."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Apr. 2, 1954; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; on caption: "Eagle photo by Fox." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorFox, Dan
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBurglary -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crowbars ; Robbery ; Safes
  • 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: Stores: Kings County General Tire and Rubber Co