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