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Al Capone
Chicago gang wars in pictures

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https://digital.library.illinois.edu/items/eb5c3660-1a05-0134-1d6d-0050569601ca-0
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Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.

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Title
Al Capone
Description
Caption: "His Favorite Pose" Here is an excellent likeness of Alphonse Capone, the Big Boy of Chicago Gangland, and the greatest gangster that ever lived. When King Al poses for a photograph which isn't often, he always turns his right cheek to the camera. The left one is disfigured by an ugly scar. Legend has it that Capone was struck by a machine gun bullet when he was a soldier in France."
Date
1930  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagogangwarsi00rock_0004.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagogangwarsi00rock#page/n3/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagogangwarsi00rock
Subject
  • Criminals  
  • Organized crime  
Coverage-Spatial
Chicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • Chicago gang wars in pictures  
  • X marks the spot  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleAl Capone
DescriptionCaption: "His Favorite Pose" Here is an excellent likeness of Alphonse Capone, the Big Boy of Chicago Gangland, and the greatest gangster that ever lived. When King Al poses for a photograph which isn't often, he always turns his right cheek to the camera. The left one is disfigured by an ugly scar. Legend has it that Capone was struck by a machine gun bullet when he was a soldier in France."
Date1930  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagogangwarsi00rock_0004.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagogangwarsi00rock#page/n3/mode/2up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagogangwarsi00rock
Subject
  • Criminals  
  • Organized crime  
Coverage-SpatialChicago (Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1930-1939  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu.
Book Title
  • Chicago gang wars in pictures  
  • X marks the spot  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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