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Rogues' gallery: 1930s mugshots from a police identification book

1930s Police mugshots: A mug shot from a police identification book

Patrick Riley was convicted in October 1924 of making counterfeit coins and possessing a mould. He was sentenced to two years' hard labour. Steampunk, People, Crime, Old Pictures, Museum Exhibition, Police Station, Gangsters

Museum Exhibition

The husband who murdered his wife to cover up the fact that he was a SHE and other haunting police mugshots from 1920s Australia

Patrick Riley was convicted in October 1924 of making counterfeit coins and possessing a mould. He was sentenced to two years' hard labour.

Gertrude 'Billie' Murphy, 22, is brought in for questioning in the murder case of Michael Stopec, who was shot and killed in an apartment hotel, circa July 1927. Chicago Tribune historical photo Instagram, Chicago, Barcelona, Dame, Fotografie, Noir

Dangerous dames and good-time gals

Gertrude 'Billie' Murphy, 22, is brought in for questioning in the murder case of Michael Stopec, who was shot and killed in an apartment hotel, circa July 1927. Chicago Tribune historical photo

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Pulp Fiction Magazine

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Gun Molls

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Pulp Fiction Book

Gangster Stories Gun Moll January 19__

Jack (Legs) Diamond on August 26, 1930, one of the biggest gang-leaders, racketeers, and bootleggers in America, who is reported to be en route for England in the liner ÂBalticÂ. It is stated that the captain of the ship has been asked to put Diamond into irons and take him back to New York. Diamond is the bitterest enemy ÂScarfaceÂ Al Capone has in America. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.9868985 Date: 26/08/1930 England, 1920s Gangsters, American, Irons, Prohibition, Real Gangster, Those Were The Days

1920s Gangsters

Those Were The Days

The Prohibition Story In Photos: 1920-1933 - Flashbak

Jack (Legs) Diamond on August 26, 1930, one of the biggest gang-leaders, racketeers, and bootleggers in America, who is reported to be en route for England in the liner ÂBalticÂ. It is stated that the captain of the ship has been asked to put Diamond into irons and take him back to New York. Diamond is the bitterest enemy ÂScarfaceÂ Al Capone has in America. (AP Photo) Ref #: PA.9868985 Date: 26/08/1930

Apparently, she isn't sorry! Mob moll Margaret Kane smiles as she leaves Ridgewood Court for jail in 1932.The New York Daily News' photo archive is on Twitter! Follow us at @NYDailyNewsPix New York City, Photographer, Vintage Photographs, Gallery, Photo Archive, Ridgewood, Mafia, City Gallery

Vintage Photographs

Mob moll, 1931 - Photos - Mob molls of New York City

Apparently, she isn't sorry! Mob moll Margaret Kane smiles as she leaves Ridgewood Court for jail in 1932.The New York Daily News' photo archive is on Twitter! Follow us at @NYDailyNewsPix

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Detroit's Purple Gang C. 1930

Night-club singer, Texas Guinan. by Cecil Beaton Texas, Classic Hollywood, Artists, Art, Friends, Cecil Beaton

Classic Hollywood

Night-club singer, Texas Guinan, 1929

Night-club singer, Texas Guinan. by Cecil Beaton

Once Prohibition ended, the white Mafia decided that it wanted to control the Harlem numbers game. St. Clair fought back and found herself in a war with mobster Dutch Shultz in particular. Their confrontations became increasingly violent. When Shultz was ambushed on orders from Lucky Luciano and lay dying at Newark City Hospital, St. Clair sent him a telegram that read: “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” She signed it “Madame Queen.” Janet Jackson, Bad Girls Club, Italian Gangster, The Godfather, 1920s, Female

Italian Gangster

I Wish I Knew More About #3: Madame Stephanie St. Clair

Once Prohibition ended, the white Mafia decided that it wanted to control the Harlem numbers game. St. Clair fought back and found herself in a war with mobster Dutch Shultz in particular. Their confrontations became increasingly violent. When Shultz was ambushed on orders from Lucky Luciano and lay dying at Newark City Hospital, St. Clair sent him a telegram that read: “As ye sow, so shall ye reap.” She signed it “Madame Queen.”

Mary "Texas" Guinan, queen of New York's night life for nearly a decade during the Prohibition era, is said to have made $700,000 in 10 months in the 1920's selling liquor. Circa 1920: Photo: New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News Via Getty Images Lady, Texas Legends, Size Of Texas, New York People, Festivals Around The World, Louis, The New Yorker

New York People

Festivals Around The World

Photos of Mary Louise Cecilia 'Texas' Guinan

Mary "Texas" Guinan, queen of New York's night life for nearly a decade during the Prohibition era, is said to have made $700,000 in 10 months in the 1920's selling liquor. Circa 1920: Photo: New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News Via Getty Images

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