Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime

Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime
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Title: Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime
Description:

Caption: "Souvenirs surrendered to foil crime--This large collection of firearms [mostly pictols and rifles] displayed at Manhattan Police Headquarters indicates the hearty response of war veterans to the police call to turn in weapons picked up on the battlefield. The souvenir round-up will prevent many enemy weapons from falling into the hands of criminals."

Date: 1945
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Creator: Brooklyn eagle.
More Details: Grease pencil cropping marks.
On verso: date stamped: Nov. 25, 1945; on caption: "Eagle staff photo."
Title from caption on verso.
Collection: Crime
Subject: Firearms
Pistols
Rifles
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 0028