
Sujet
Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. Artist: Unknown
Légende
Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. The Lenox Avenue Gang was one of the most violent New York organised crime gangs of the pre-Prohibition period. The four men in the photograph are Francesco Cirofici, Jacob Seidenschner, Louis Rosenberg and the gang's leader, Harry 'Gyp the Blood' Horowitz (1889-1914), They were later executed for the murder of Herman 'Beansie' Rosenthal, a prominent gambler and police informant, on 16 July 1912.
Historica Graphica Collection
Date
1864
Crédit
Photo12/Heritage Images/Historica Graphica Collection
Notre référence
HRM19D78_378
Model release
Non
Licence
Droits gérés
Format disponible
40,2Mo (2,1Mo) / 28,1cm x 35,8cm / 3321 x 4234 (300dpi)