About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0736
  • TitleJoe Profaci
  • SummaryClose-up portrait of Joseph S. Profaci, Brooklyn businessman and reputed gangster, standing with several other partially-visible people at an unknown location.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: May 19, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • SubjectProfaci, Joseph, 1896-1962 ; 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: Profaci, Joseph S