Purple Gang

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Title

Purple Gang

Subject

Still image of the Purple Gang

Description

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.

Creator

Unknown photographer

Source

Wikimedia Commons

Publisher

N/A

Date

1920s/30s

Contributor

N/A

Rights

Fair use

Format

Photograph, .jpg, 606 x 369

Language

Visual medium

Type

Photograph

Files

Purple Gang-HIST3010.jpeg

Collection

Citation

Unknown photographer, “Purple Gang,” Prohibition Crime in Detroit, accessed September 19, 2024, http://exhibit.marshallvano.com/items/show/3.

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