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- Collection:
- Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976
- Title:
- Harry Millman murdered in mob hit, Detroit, Michigan, November 25, 1937
- Date of Original:
- 1937-11-25
- Subject:
- Murders--Michigan--Detroit
Organized crime
Purple Gang - Location:
- United States, Michigan, Wayne County, Detroit, 42.33143, -83.04575
- Medium:
- photographic prints
black-and-white photographs - Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Photographic print supplied by International News Photo. Original caption: "H825899..Watch your credit..International News Photo Slug..(Millman body) / His luck left suddenly. / Detroit, Mich......Surrounded by detectives who examined his bullet-punctured body, Harry Millman, former Purple Gangster, lies lifeless in his still warm blood on a bar room floor, rubbed-out by rival mobsters, because of his repeated escapes from conviction in his ten years of crime marked with charges of extortion, armed robbery and kidnaping, Millman was known to the underworld as "Lucky." The gunmen who finally caught up with him early this morning also wounded four bystanders. / (B-11-25-37)--7." Millman was a member of the "Purple Gang," a Jewish organized-crime organization that competed with the Italian Mafia for territory in Detroit. In very bad condition, the print was probably acquired by the Lane Brothers when they were the staff photographers for the Atlanta Georgian.
Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976. Photographic Collection, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library. LBPrints07 - Local Identifier:
- LBPrints07
- Metadata URL:
- http://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/lane/id/105
- IIIF manifest:
- https://digitalcollections.library.gsu.edu/iiif/2/lane:105/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. In addition, no permission is required from the rights-holder(s) for educational uses. For other uses, you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
- Original Collection:
- Lane Brothers Commercial Photographers Photographic Collection, 1920-1976, Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library
- Holding Institution:
- Georgia State University. Special Collections
- Rights:
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