Title: | Iron bookie |
Description: | Caption: "Iron bookie--Patrolman Thomas Lawrence checks over 'cheesebox' gadget found in room at 264 W. 23d St., Manhattan, which was used by bookie ring in Brooklyn to make contact with bettors." |
Date: | 1949 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Date stamped on verso: May 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropoping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Crime [3]
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Subject: |
Book-making (Betting) [4] Gambling and crime [5] Police [6] |
Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
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 0055 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/f4bb7eca07c0d5704f00f04cf78ad668&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/b/Book-making (Betting)
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/g/Gambling and crime
[6] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/p/Police