| Title: | Switchblade trio rounded up |
| Description: | Caption: "Switchblade trio rounded up--Part of gang accused of staging a dozen switchblade holdups in the past two weeks is booked at Gates Avenue Precinct. Left to right are john Thompson, 19; Edric Nurse, 18, and Gerald Griffin, 22." Note: There are four young men, all African American, pictured. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | McNamara, C. E. |
| More Details: |
Stamped on verso: date: Dec. 5, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Crime [3]
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| Subject: |
African American men [4] Gang members [5] Gangs [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 0084 |