Circa 1940. Members of Murder Inc. prepare to leave Sing Sing prison for a new trial. Photo by Irving Haberman. Available for purchase through IH Images.

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Vintage print of a member of Murder Inc. as he returns by train to New York for a new trial. Murder Inc. was the name the press gave to organized crime groups in the 1930s to the 1940s that acted as the "enforcement arm" of the Italian-American Mafia, Jewish mob, and connected organized crime groups in New York and elsewhere.  Circa January 1940. Dimensions are 10" x 12 3/4". Vintage print available for purchase through Monroe Gallery of Photography. Estate print available through IH Images.

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Circa 1941. A group of women stare out the windows and hope for their release from this house of detention. Photo by Irving Haberman. Available for purchase through IH Images.

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American writer and editor Whittaker Chambers, who was also a Communist Party USA member and Soviet spy. Whittaker later renounced communism and became an outspoken opponent. He is best known for his testimony about  the perjury and espionage of Alger Hiss. Photo by Irving Haberman. Available for purchase through IH Images.

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Circa 1936. New York City police show off their capture of a large snake. Photo by Irving Haberman. Available for purchase through IH Images.

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