| Title: | Courthouse danger spot |
| Description: | Three men in suits (backs to camera) walking in corrider of court building at 120 Schermerhorn Street in Brooklyn Heights. Caption: "COURTHOUSE DANGER SPOT: Prisoner is led down public corridor in Central Courts Building, heading for courtroom on floor below. Stairway, open to the public, is behind door at far end. . . . County Judge Leibowitz contends a pal of a prisoner might hide behind door and shoot guards to help effect an escape." |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.) [3] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Title from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: May 18, 1946; "Eagle Staff photo." Retouched; grease pencil cropping marks. |
| Collection: | Government [4]
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| Subject: |
Courthouses [5] Corridors [6] Prisoners [7] |
| 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: | GOVT 0047 |