About This Item

  • TitleUnder heavy guard
  • Call NumberPORT_0117
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "Under heavy guard--Louis (Lepke) Buchalter (center) stands next to Assistant District Attorney Burton B. Turkus (right) at his appearance in County Court on a murder charge. ..." The image includes several other, partially visible, unidentified men.
  • Date1941
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped. On verso: date stamped: May 9, 1944. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectCriminals -- 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.