(ESPOSITO BROTHERS) haas, max peter (active 1940s)
Group of 11 photographs of the deadly "Mad Dog" shoot-out in Manhattan, including the chase and apprehension of William Esposito (1913-1942) and Anthony Esposito (1906-1942), brothers who, after committing a robbery-murder, went on a shooting spree during their attempted escape through New York City's Midtown shopping district, killing a police officer and taxi driver who gave chase through the lunchtime crowds. Ferrotyped silver prints, each 6 1/8x8 inches (15.6x20.3 cm.), with Haas' credit, date, and copyright information, in ink, numbered newspaper clippings, and various stamps and notations, on verso. 1941