Munitions cache
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| Title: | Munitions cache |
| Description: | Caption: "Munitions cache found by surprised residents of 1735 E.46th St. under their porch while housecleaning started police today on a wide search for owner of machine gun and stock of cartridges for machine gun, rifle, and revolvers. Gun, a 1915 Vickers model favored by hijackers during dry era, was taken to Vanderveer Park police station where it was found to be in perfect condition. Mrs. Katherine Triplett and her musician brother, Oliver Boyd, present tenants, said they did not know who owned the house." Image includes close-up view of a police officer. |
| Date: | 1937 |
| Location: | Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) |
| Creator: | Brooklyn daily eagle. |
| More Details: |
Grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: April 30/37; on caption: "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso. |
| Collection: | Crime
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| Subject: |
Machine guns Police |
| Institution: | Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Collection. |
| Medium: |
Gelatin silver prints. Photographic prints. Portraits. |
| 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 0020 |
