Body of Dago Frank being carried to hearse (LOC)

Bain News Service,, publisher.

 

Body of Dago Frank being carried to hearse

 

[1914 April]

 

1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.

 

Notes:

Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.

Photo shows funeral of "Dago Frank" Cirofici, a New York City criminal convicted of murdering Herman Rosenthal, along with his associates Harry Horowitz "Gyp the Blood", Louis Rosenberg (Rosenweig) "Lefty Louis", and "Whitey" Lewis (Frank Seidenshner) on July 16, 1912. The four men were executed at Sing Sing prison, Ossining, New York on April 13, 1914. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

 

Format: Glass negatives.

 

Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.

 

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

 

General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

 

Higher resolution image is available (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.15762

 

Call Number: LC-B2- 3025-8

 

 

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