[Close-ups of handcuffs]

[Close-ups of handcuffs]
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Title: [Close-ups of handcuffs]
Description:

Men in handcuffs at unidentified location in Brooklyn; shows man with right wrist bound by twisted metal strands held by police officer at left;Caption on verso of GOVT 0092: "Two of the most popular methods of practicing the exalted art of handcuffing a prisoner are demonstrated here by detectives. At the left [0092] the time-honored 'bracelets' clasp man's wrists together so that he can't even scratch his back."

Date: 1937
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Title supplied by cataloger.
On verso: date inscribed: July 11/37.
Collection: Government
Subject: Handcuffs
Prisoners
Institution: Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection.
Medium: Gelatin silver prints.
Photographic prints.
Rights: Copyright restrictions apply to the use of this image. For more information or to obtain a photographic reproduction of this image, contact the Brooklyn Collection at Brooklyn Public Library.
ID: GOVT 0091