Title: | Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime |
Description: | Caption: "Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime--This large collection of firearms [mostly pictols and rifles] displayed at Manhattan Police Headquarters indicates the hearty response of war veterans to the police call to turn in weapons picked up on the battlefield. The souvenir round-up will prevent many enemy weapons from falling into the hands of criminals." |
Date: | 1945 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 25, 1945; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Crime [3]
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Subject: |
Firearms [4] Pistols [5] Rifles [6] |
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 0028 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/ea66340fe0feb479411d28c47a4b1ce2&ext=.jpg
[2] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/location/Brooklyn+%28New+York%2C+N.Y.%29
[3] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/collection/Crime
[4] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/f/Firearms
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Pistols
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/r/Rifles