Before he was slain

Jack "Legs" Diamond, a gangster and bootlegger of New York during the Prohibition era, recuperating in a hospital bed after being shot five times.

Publication date: 1934-06-17

Size: 12.6 x 5.7 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Chicago (Ill.)

Subject(s):

• Criminals--Illinois--Chicago--1920-1930
• Diamond, Legs, 1895 or 6-1931--Health
• Sick persons--1920-1930

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (June 17, 1934), p. 5

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg