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Private Detective Gaston Bullock Means, 1930s. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

Private Detective Gaston Bullock Means, 1930s. Creator: British Pathe Ltd.

3-020-858 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

Private Detective Gaston Bullock Means, 1930s. The Lindbergh Baby kidnapping case of 1932 - "the crime of the century". 'A Mrs McLean of Washington had been under stress to pawn the famous Hope Diamond so that a certain Mr. Means might recover the child with the money. But all Mr. Means got was a long stretch [in prison]'. From "Time To Remember - The Tough Guys", 1930s (Reel 2); documentary film, mainly about life in depression- and gangster-hit America.

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Creator
  1. British Pathe Ltd, attributed to: British: Photographers, producers of newsreels and documentaries
Subject
  1. Gaston Means: American: private detective, salesman, bootlegger, forger, swindler, murder suspect, blackmailer, con artist
People Related
  1. Charles Lindbergh: American: Pilot, aviator
  2. Anne Morrow Lindbergh: American:
Medium
  1. Photograph
Picture Type
  1. Portrait
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World North and Central America United States

  1. 38 00 00 N , 098 00 00 W
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Society & Culture Law & Crime

Artistic Representations Portraits

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 4959x3967
File Size : 57,634kb

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  1. 00075592_00000190
  1. '00000190'
  1. 00075592_00000190
  1. 1170000516
  1. 3-020-858
  1. 3020858

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