| Title: | Death-dealing toys |
| Description: | Caption: "Death-dealing toys--These guns are all homemade, have figured in a Brooklyn murder and other crimes, and are in the possession of the office of District Miles F. McDonald. The regular 'zip' gun, center, was converted from a toy airplane launcher. On right is a lethal weapon made of two blocks of wood, a door hook, and a rubber band. At the left are converted cowboy and cap pistol guns, which frequently are advertised for sale in comic books." |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Crime [3]
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| Subject: |
Firearms [4] Pistols [5] |
| 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 0024 |