About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0069
  • TitleWheel of chance
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CRIM 0068), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of a group of men standing in front of games of chance in Brooklyn. The exact location is unknown.
  • Date1929
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped. Inscribed on verso of 0068: date: Oct. 29/29; "Eagle photo;" printed on recto of 0069: "Eagle." Title from inscription on verso of 0068.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectGambling -- 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
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Gambling: People