Title: | The $2 answer |
Description: | Caption: "The $2 answer--One of the $2 bill halves used as a talisman against arrest for gambling in the 19th Division, according to the district attorney's office, and the way a 'runner' would flash it for the law." |
Date: | 1950 |
Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
Creator: | Brooklyn eagle. |
More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 16, 1950; on caption "Eagle staff." Title from caption on verso. |
Collection: | Crime [3]
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Subject: |
Gambling and crime [4] Money [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 0075 |
Links:
[1] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/sites/default/files/imagecache/fullsize/externals/bfb8f87f4decf16772dde15e3c6aa11d&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/g/Gambling and crime
[5] http://www.brooklynvisualheritage.org/subjects/m/Money