Gambling in the schools

Gambling in the schools
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Title: Gambling in the schools
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Caption (CRIM 0045): "Gambling in the schools--Here are three betting cards [two 7 x 4 in.; one 9 x 4 in.] distributed in the New York City school system for kid football, basketball, and baseball fans who want to back their choices with hard cash--like nickels, dimes, and quarters. They are typical of betting cards circulated throughout the nation's schools by the gambling ring."

Date: 1949
Location: Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
More Details: Date stamped on verso: Dec. 14, 1949.
Title from caption on verso of CRIM 0045.
Collection: Crime
Subject: Gambling
Gambling and crime
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: CRIM 0044