About This Item
- TitleIron bookie
- Call NumberCRIM_0055
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryCaption: "Iron bookie--Patrolman Thomas Lawrence checks over 'cheesebox' gadget found in room at 264 W. 23d St., Manhattan, which was used by bookie ring in Brooklyn to make contact with bettors."
- Date1949
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
- NoteDate stamped on verso: May 6, 1949; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Grease pencil cropoping marks; retouched. Title from caption on verso.
- CreatorBrooklyn eagle
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectBook-making (Betting) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Gambling and crime -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- 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.