About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0168
  • TitleShambles
  • SummaryClose-up of vandalized room showing wrecked tables, smashed typewriters, etc. Caption: "SHAMBLES: The office of the Sheepshead Bay Boys Club was left in this wrecked fashion by vandals who, not satisfied with breaking things and strewing papers all over, covered practically everything with glue and blue paint."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Oct. 10, 1950. Grease pencil cropping marks.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectVandalism -- New York (State) -- New York ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Crime -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Vandalism