(PUBLIC ENEMIES OF NEW YORK) Select group of 3 New York Poli

Sale 2191 - Lot 134

Price Realized: $ 1,920

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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500

(PUBLIC ENEMIES OF NEW YORK)
Select group of 3 New York Police Department lineup photographs; 2 are from the Hotel Franconia arrests, and one includes Benjamin "Bugsy" Siegel and another mobster Carmine Galante. Silver prints, 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), 2 with "Public Enemies of New York City" typewritten on recto, and each with identifying captions on verso. Circa 1932; 1947

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The photographs labeled "Public Enemies of New York City" are from the collection of Philadelphia police captain Jimmy Ryan. The other photograph is from the files of a retired NYPD detective and was taken in 1947.

Meyer Lansky, a Jewish-American gangster, and Lucky Luciano were intent on creating a Big Crime organization in which Jews and Italians worked together. The Franconia meeting, which Bugsy Siegel also attended, outlined this new approach. Bugsy's colloquial remark, "The yids and dagos would no longer fight each other," was ironic given that his murder was approved by this same interfaith group.