Prohibition and Vice

Image Gallery

Exterior photograph of the Major Clinic at 31st and Euclid. The clinic was owned and operated by Dr. Hermon S.

1937

Photograph of a woman with torn clothing, "caught in the middle of a fight between women garment workers and strike pickets," outside of

3 /21 /1937

Photograph of T. J. Pendergast (left) and James M. Pendergast (right). The caption on the back of the image reads, "KC 440785, K.C.

3 /30 /1938

Photograph of Edward L.

1939

Photograph of Edward L. Schneider, former aid to Thomas J. Pendergast. The caption on the back of the image reads, "CC 230102c...

5 /2 /1939

Mugshot of Pendergast tax fraud accomplice Robert Emmett O'Malley, Inmate #55296, taken at U.S. Penitentiary, Leavenworth, Kansas.

5 /29 /1939

Newspaper article reporting on a speech given by Frederick E. Whitten in which he rails against the corruption of the Pendergast organization.

7 /27 /1939

Photograph of Robert E. O'Malley (left) and Thomas J. Pendergast (right). The caption on the back of the image reads, "KC 235368...

6 /8 /1941

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of organized crime figure Frank DeLuca.

6 /12 /1942

Kansas City Police Department full length photographs of organized crime figure Joseph DeLuca.

6 /12 /1942

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of organized crime figure Frank DeLuca.

6 /13 /1942

Mugshot of Giuseppe "Joseph" DeLuca, Inmate #1742-TT.

4 /16 /1943

Mugshot and prison record of Giuseppe "Joseph" DeLuca, Inmate #1742-TT/#62155, noting his transfer from the Federal Correctional Institut

8 /22 /1945

Modified photograph of Kansas City gambler and Mafia associate Morris "Snag" Klein.

10 /25 /1946

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of Charles "Mad Dog" Gargotta.

1947

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of Walt Rainey, an ally of numerous Kansas City organized crime figures.

1948

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