Photograph
Gangster Museum
| A small cottage with a tarpaper roof houses the "Gangster Museum" on the grounds of Little Bohemia. The corner of the main lodge is at far left, and Little Star Lake is in the background. A man and girl are sitting on a bench in front of the cottage. A sign painted on the siding advertises the "Personal Belongings of John Dillinger, Tommy Carroll, Homer Van Meter, John Hamilton and Baby Face Nelson." The museum commemorated an ill-fated F.B.I. raid at Little Bohemia on April 20, 1934, in which an agent and innocent bystander were killed, and the gangsters escaped unharmed. |
| Image ID: | 133888 |
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| Creation Date: | 07 1937 |
| Creator Name: | Coon, C. L. |
| City: | Manitowish Waters |
| County: | Vilas |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Wisconsin Conservation Department photographs and films, 1930-1957 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | (W535)443 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| Museums |
| Trees |
| Clothing and dress |
| Crime |
| Criminals |
| Cottages |
| Outdoor furniture |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Youth |
| Resorts |
| Tourism |
| Signs and signboards |
| Lakes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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