About This Item

  • Call NumberCRIM_0035
  • TitleLouis Valentine
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (CRIM 0036, CRIM 0034), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three similar views of Police Commissioner Louis Valentine demolishing roulette wheels used in crime-related gambling. The location, presumably Brooklyn, is unknown.
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0036: grease pencil cropping marks. Dates inscribed on versos: 0034, 0035: 1935; 0036: April 18/35. Stamped on verso: "Eagle photo." Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectDemolition -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Gambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roulette -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Crime: Gambling: I