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Highlights the arrest of Harry "Nig" Rosen, known as the king of the Philadelphia numbers racket. Portrays Rosen in mug shots, the police line up, and covering his face in front of the camera. Depicts criminals wounded while fleeing a bank robbery at the First National Bank of Harrisville...
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1928-1941
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Highlights the arrest of Harry "Nig" Rosen, known as the king of the Philadelphia numbers racket. Portrays Rosen in mug shots, the police line up, and covering his face in front of the camera. Depicts criminals wounded while fleeing a bank robbery at the First National Bank of Harrisville, Pa. Also shows the getaway car. Includes a view of marshland in South Philadelphia used by gunmen to bury their victims. Illustrates criminal acts with pen and ink vignettes. These subject entries for the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photo morgue are primarily for Places (buildings, parks, streets, etc.), Things (Bicycles, Bison, Blind Persons [just sampling the B's]), Events (Democratic National Convention 1936, Flourtown Fair, Harvest Week) and Social Constructs (Home Economics, City Planning, Eating & Drinking, etc.). Each of these subjects became a MARC record which included a call number. In the case of these records, the call numbers are the actual folder numbers for the materials referenced. Therefore, these subject headings are really also an index for this section of the Philadelphia Record newspaper's photograph morgue. [The name section of the Philadelphia Record photo morgue represents individuals, A-Z, and |
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Part of the Philadelphia Record Photograph Collection; for general information, see collection record. |
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1 drawing 29 photoprints : silver gelatin |