Alas, the poor bookie!
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| Title: | Alas, the poor bookie! |
| Description: | Caption: "Alas, the poor bookie!--... An indication as to just how open the bookies operate in the borough is given in these after picture made of a shack at Johnson and Adams St. just opposite the Federal Building which houses the post office and federal courts. ... A bookmaker was arrested inside the shack and is facing a hearing in Special Sessions Court." Includes a fire hydrant in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1950 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) Downtown Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| More Details: |
Cropped. Date stamped on verso: Jan. 10, 1950y photo. Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Crime
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| Subject: |
Book-making (Betting) Fire hydrants Gambling and crime Huts |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. |
| Rights: | Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library. |
| ID: | CRIM 0058 |
