About This Item
- Call NumberCRIM_0009
- TitleWeeding out operation
- SummaryCaption: "Weeding out operation--Police Inspector Peter Terranova, commanding officer of the narcotics squad, flanked by Anthony Cristiano, a Department of Sanitation workman, and Frank Creta, general inspector of the department, exhibit part of a haul of more than 100 pounds of marijuana found growing at 82 Butler St. the dope weed was burned in department incinerators."
- Date1953
- 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: Aug. 22, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" Photography by Jules Geller." Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorGeller, Jules
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectMarijuana -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Sanitation workers -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Cobble Hill (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: Marijuana