A Map of Chicago’s Gangland from Authentic Sources Designed to Inculcate the Most Important Principles of Piety and Virtue in Young Persons And Graphically Portray the Evils and Sin of Large Cities. By: Bruce-Roberts Inc. (Harlan J. Berk, Ltd. Antique Map Dealer)
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Category: Crime & Punishment
Le Petit Journal, 1924
Like in a movie
A young American girl is currently terrorizing the Brooklyn residents. In the company of another malfeasance, she burst into the banks and, revolver in hand, seized money from the coffers. Then, stiff, strange, mysterious, she fled by car before the intervention of the police. This woman-bandit is a real movie character, unfortunately wanders into reality.
Bootlegging, 1924
Woman arrested on April 10, 1924, bootlegging liquor in giant flasks strapped to her chest.
RoboCop, 1924
Juvenile Delinquency,1935
Poster promoting public housing in NYC, 1935
Mack Armored Car, 1936
1936 Mack Armored Car with cupola and streamline body by Advance and W. E. Miller
Frank Sinatra, Mugshot, 1938
Frank Sinatra, 23 years old, was arrested in Bergen County, New Jersey on charges of seduction and adultery. The charges were later dismissed when it was determined that the “single female of good repute” was married.
