Guess The Year: Bad Old Days - Photo Gallery

<p>"LIFE reporter Karen Thorsen peering through window gates of East Side apartment after it was burglarized."</p>

<p>"Partially disassambled T.V. to make it unattractive to thieves in high-theft apartment building"</p>

<p>"Gun serving to protect tenant in apartment that has been often robbed."</p>

<p>"Man checking gates on windows in building with large amount of theft."</p>

<p>"Peephole on door of upper East Side apt. often robbed."</p>