Presents a photographic exploration of the history of organized crime in Philadelphia in the 1920s and 1930s, the Prohibition Era. Discusses the lives of Mickey Duffy, known as "Prohibition's Mr. Big;" Max "Boo Boo" Hoff, who was called king of the bootleggers; the violent Lanzetti brothers; and the arsenic widows poison ring.
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call number/section: 364.1
subjects: police corruption, aphiladelphia (pa.), history, pictorial works, organized crime, philadelphia (pa.), criminals, political corruption, philadelphia (pa.), social conditions, pictorial works, politics and government