Detroit: Crime
Dublin Core
Title
Detroit: Crime
Subject
Crime in Detroit
Description
Bootlegging, Gangs, Speakeasies, Prohibition
Collection Items
Purple Gang
A mugshot of members of the Purple Gang, an organized crime family based in Detroit during the Prohibition era, responsible for much of the Bootlegging and "rum running" on the Detroit River during the 1910s through early 1930s.