Portret van een onbekende vrouw, aangeduid als de echtgenote van Lawrence Marks, anonymous, 1937

Title(s)

Portret van een onbekende vrouw, aangeduid als de echtgenote van Lawrence Marks

Object type

• photograph

Object number

RP-F-2018-1-30

Inscriptions / marks

• inscription: ‘REF. DEPT./ 8-12 37/ N.E.A.’
• inscription: ‘405238 HER HUSBAND CONFESSES TO MURDER OF CHILD Mrs. Lawrence Marks, whose husband, a 49-year-old ex-convict, confessed, august 8th, that he was the murderer of 8-year-old Paula Magagna in Brooklyn, N.Y., July 31st. Marks has been out on parole since June, and has a long series of sex offenses on his records. CREDIT LINE (ACME) 8/8/37 Full’
• number: ‘17 43328’

Artist

• anonymous
• ACME Newspictures Inc. (mentioned on object)
• Newspaper Enterprise Association (mentioned on object)

Place

United States of America

Dating

1937

Material

• baryta paper

Technique

gelatin silver print

Measurements

height c. 240 mm × width c. 200 mm

What

• anonymous historical person portrayed - BB - woman

Acquisition

purchase 1-Feb-2018

Copyright

Public domain