About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0108
  • TitleWayward safe
  • SummaryCaption: "Wayward safe--Manus Rockmael, operator of a service station at 680 Utica Ave., shows Patrolman Walter W. Slutski the open safe he found on a vacant lot adjoining his garage. Police discovered the safe was taken from the home of Abe Weinstein, a realtor of 1339 Carrol St., who was in Florida--unaware that he had been robbed."
  • Date1952
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Feb. 7, 1952; "Brooklyn Eagle." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectPolice -- New York (State) -- New York ; Robbery -- New York (State) -- New York ; Safes
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East Flatbush (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: Banks