About This Item


  • TitleLouis Valentine
  • Call NumberCRIM_0071
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryInscription: "[Police] Com. Louis Valentine telling the public they have a 35-to-1 chance of winning on this roulette wheel."
  • Date1935
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 18/35; "Eagle photo." Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn daily eagle
  • SubjectGambling -- New York (State) -- New York ; Roulette -- 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.