| Title: | Chased by vigilantes |
| Description: | Caption: "Chased by vigilantes--Three bandit suspects, George Gibson, sitting center, and Bernard Thompson and Mahlon Stewart, standing behing Gibson, are fingered by Dan Giordano, owner of a Greenpoint bar, and his nephew, Joseph Giordano, proprietor of a liquor store, as the men who held them up. The two patrolmen who nabbed the trio are Constantine Painus, standing, at right, and Francis Mittledorf, sitting, of the Herbert St. Precinct. Patrolman Joseph Addamo and Patrolman Kenneth Alnurck look on." Note: All of the suspects are African American men. |
| Date: | 1955 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | McNamara, C. E. |
| More Details: |
Stamped on verso: date: Jan. 24, 1955; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Crime [3]
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| Subject: |
African American men [4] Police [5] Robbery [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 0120 |