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Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. Artist: Unknown

Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. Artist: Unknown

2-378-005 - Historica Graphica Collection/Heritage Images

Members of the Lenox Avenue Gang at Coney Island, New York, USA, 1912. The Lenox Avenue Gang was one of the most violent New York organised crime gangs of the pre-Prohibition period. The four men in the photograph are Francesco Cirofici, Jacob Seidenschner, Louis Rosenberg and the gang's leader, Harry 'Gyp the Blood' Horowitz (1889-1914), They were later executed for the murder of Herman 'Beansie' Rosenthal, a prominent gambler and police informant, on 16 July 1912.

Image Details

People Information

Creator
  1. Unknown, attributed to: :
Subject
  1. Francesco Cirofici: American: gangster
  2. Jacob Seidenscher: American: gangster
  3. Louis Rosenberg: American: gangster
  4. Harry Horowitz: American: gangster
People Related
  1. Herman Rosenthal: American: gambler, police informant
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
Geographic Hierarchy

World North and Central America United States New York New York Brooklyn Coney Island

  1. 40 34 00 N , 073 59 00 W
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Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3321x4234
File Size : 41,195kb

Aliases

  1. 306725
  1. 0600001258
  1. 2-378-005
  1. 2378005
  1. 306725
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