About This Item
- Call NumberCRIM_0121
- TitleHeaded for jail
- SummaryCaption: "Headed for jail--Edward Wright, 39, one of three Harlem thugs who robbed Brooklyn Heights bars, is pushed toward paddy wagon by off-duty Patrolman Frank Savoca while Patrolman Francis Sullivan helps ride herd. Two of the thugs pictol-whipped three customers during holdup of McGrath's cafe. Picture shows front of Joe's Restaurant, near which bandits were caught." Note: The suspect is an African American man.
- 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: Sep[t] 23, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectAfrican American men -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- 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: Robbery: Bars