About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0583
  • TitleSeymour Magoon
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0582, PORT 0581), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three portraits in different sizes; 0581 and 0582 are mug shots. Caption (0583): "Seymour Magoon, Brownsville gangster, is shown on way to lockup in custody of a deputy sheriff. ..."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genregelatin silver printsidentification photographsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso of 0583.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMagoon, Seymour ; Criminals -- 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: Portraits: Magoon, Seymour