| Title: | Headed for jail |
| Description: | Caption: "Headed for jail--Edward Wright, 39, one of three Harlem thugs who robbed Brooklyn Heights bars, is pushed toward paddy wagon by off-duty Patrolman Frank Savoca while Patrolman Francis Sullivan helps ride herd. Two of the thugs pictol-whipped three customers during holdup of McGrath's cafe. Picture shows front of Joe's Restaurant, near which bandits were caught." Note: The suspect is an African American man. |
| Date: | 1953 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) [2] |
| Creator: | McNamara, C. E. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: Sep[t] 23, 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] 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 0121 |