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Poolroom haunt

Image represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1727), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seventh Avenue at corner of First Street in Park Slope, with hardware store, pool hall, and bar; group of three pedestrians under awning at left; one pedestrian and parked automobile near lamppost at left; girl leaning out of third story window above pool hall; brick building with chimney and ventilation tower across street. Caption (1727): "Poolroom haunt -- The three teen-age youths accused of homicide in the death of William Gottlieb, 18, of 331 13th St., were in this poolroom at 425 7th Ave. just before the shooting took place." 1728 is an enlarged close-up view of 1727.

IMAGE DATE1948
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