Hauptmann's footprint

Photograph of a footprint found in the mud at the Lindbergh home near Hopewell, New Jersey, after the Lindbergh baby kidnapping in 1932. The footprint was compared to that of Bruno Hauptmann.

Publication date: 1934-09-26

Size: 12.1 x 7.8 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: black and white

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Hopewell (N.J.)

Temporal: 1932

Subject(s):

• Evidence (Law)--1930-1940
• Footprints--1930-1940
• Hauptmann, Bruno Richard, 1899-1936
• Lindbergh, Charles Augustus, 1930-1932--Kidnapping, 1932

Genre(s):

• Forensic photographs
• 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 Daily Tribune (September 26, 1934), p. 30

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Acme Newspictures (New York, N.Y.)