About This Item
- TitleGunpowder patterns
- Call NumberWORK_0704
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Gunpowder patterns on victim's clothing are photographed by Dr. James J. Manning with Grenz X-ray. Patterns show approximate distance at which guns have been fired, proving or disproving theories of suicide or murder. The [police] laboratory [located at 72 Poplar Street] was established in 1934."
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
- NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: caption stamped: Jul[y] 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectCrime laboratories -- New York (State) -- New York ; Criminal investigation -- New York (State) -- New York ; Grenz rays
- 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.