Machine Politics, Organized Crime, and Reform

Image Gallery

Editorial cartoon by S. J. Ray entitled "Somehow I Don't Feel Too Hopeful", no date.

5 /22 /1941

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

Editorial cartoon by S. J. Ray entitled "Out of the Frying Pan Into the Fire", no date.

10 /25 /1941

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 /12 /1942

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

6 /13 /1942

Photograph of Kansas City Mayor John B. Gage, who served from 1940 to 1946, with members of the City Council.

8 /17 /1942

L. P. Cookingham, City Manager for Kansas City, Missouri, at his desk in City Hall, ca. 1945.

1945

Photograph of Harry S. Truman speaking to James Pendergast following Tom Pendergast's funeral.

1 /29 /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

Photographs and quotes from Tony Gizzo, Kansas City mafia figure, during his testimony before the U.S.

1950

Kansas City Police Department full-length photographs of John Mangiaricina.

5 /3 /1950

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of "Johnny Mag" Mangiaracina.

5 /3 /1950

Kansas City Police Department mugshot of Jack J. "Nagel" Maroon.

5 /6 /1950

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