About This Item


  • Call NumberCRIM_0012
  • TitleDistinguished visitor
  • SummaryCaption: "[Disti]nguished visitor--Detective Kevin P. O' Brien makes tests of heroin sample ... Laboratory at Poplar St. station to show procedure to Thakordas J. Gajjar, ... riting and photo expert, of Bombay State Criminal Identification Bureau in India, ... r. Acting Lt. Howard Finney, in command of lab, holds envelope in which sample ... elivered by Narcotics Squad detective."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteDate stamped on verso: Jul[y] 30, 1951. Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectHeroin -- 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: Drugs: Narcotics