About This Item


  • TitleMarijuana and girl from Texas
  • Call NumberCRIM_0003
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Marijuana and girl from Texas--Marguerite Gooden, 31, of San Antonio, sits dejectedly by while Assistant District Attorney Norman Felig examines $80,000 marijuana cache detectives had found in her Hotel St. George room."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Stamped on verso: date: May 29, 1953; "Brooklyn Eagle;" "Photo by C. E. McNamara." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorMcNamara, C. E.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- New York (State) -- New York ; Lawyers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Marijuana -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.