About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0091
  • TitleBattle garb
  • SummaryCaption: "Battle garb--Hiding face, [unidentified] Borough Park teenager displays 'uniform' of black leather jacket, 'gaucho' belt with heavy buckle which can be used as a weapon, tight jeans, and buckle-type boots."
  • Date1954
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Mar. 11, 1954; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectGang members -- New York (State) -- New York ; Teenage boys -- 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: Gangs