About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0020
  • TitleMunitions cache
  • SummaryCaption: "Munitions cache found by surprised residents of 1735 E.46th St. under their porch while housecleaning started police today on a wide search for owner of machine gun and stock of cartridges for machine gun, rifle, and revolvers. Gun, a 1915 Vickers model favored by hijackers during dry era, was taken to Vanderveer Park police station where it was found to be in perfect condition. Mrs. Katherine Triplett and her musician brother, Oliver Boyd, present tenants, said they did not know who owned the house." Image includes close-up view of a police officer.
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: April 30/37; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]
  • SubjectMachine guns -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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: Firearms: Underworld: I