Police check out reported crooks in office building at night, New York City

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Police check out reported crooks in office building at night, New York City
Police check out reported crooks in office building at night, New York City
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1978
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (16 × 24 cm) Sheet: 8 1/16 × 9 15/16 in. (20.4 × 25.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.153
Not on view
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Markings Verso, upper left (label, typed black ink): “Law Enforcement / EVIDENCE & INVESTIGATION”
Verso, upper right (stamp, purple ink): “Photograph By / Leonard Freed / © MAGNUM PHOTOS, INC. / 15 West 46th Street, N.Y.C. 10036”
Verso, upper right (stamp, purple ink): “72-19” [followed by “-13/26” hand written in black ink)
Verso, upper right center (label, black ink): [within red border] “NOTICE / Photographs must be credited to the photographer and / MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs may not be cropped / or altered in any way without prior written approval by / MAGNUM PHOTOS. Photographs consigned by / MAGNUM PHOTOS for your possible use may not be / scanned without the express written permission of MAGNUM PHOTOS. / VIOLATION OF THESE POLICIES WILL RESULT IN FINES AT A MINIMUM OF 100% OF THE USGE FEE.”
Verso, left center (stamp, black ink): [upside-down, crossed out, and labeled over]: “[Illegible text]… PHOTO LIBRARY PRINT / NEW YORK. / LOG REF._[‘23802’ crossed out]_ / TO BE RETURNED.”
Verso, center (stamp, black ink): [at a diagonal, crossed out, and labeled over] ”31604”
Verso, lower left (label, black ink): “Magnum Photos Inc. ©1972 Leonard Freed / [barcode] / “FRL7219W13/26 LAW 82FRL003+001 / New York, NY. 1972. Police break in on a suspected / crime scene in an office building.”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, lower right edge (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Signature Verso, lower right (pencil): “leonard freed”
Inscribed Recto, lower left (black ink): [circled] “F”
Verso, upper left corner (pencil): “64508”
Verso, upper left edge (red ink): “Law Enforcement”
Verso, upper left (pencil): “NYC”
Verso, upper left (pencil): “Police check out / reported crooks in office / bldg. at night.”
Verso, upper center (blue ink): “50296”
Verso, upper right (black ink): [written after typed “72-19”] “-13/26”
Verso, center (pencil): [upside-down] “72-19-13/26”
Verso, center left (black ink): [upside down] “72957”
Verso, center left (pencil): [upside down, crossed out, and labeled over]: “2082 / 23802 / 25028”
Verso, center left (pencil): [all crossed out, and labeled over]: “27063 2804 / 32315”
Verso, center left (pencil): [sideways, crossed out, and labeled over]: “362 [?]”
Verso, center left (pencil): [sideways, crossed out, and labeled over]: “29792”
Verso, lower left (pencil): “E10530”
Verso, lower left center(pencil): [crossed out, and labeled over]: “log# 40709”
Verso, lower right center (blue marker): “GALLIC / CRIME #2 / 7 1/16” X [4 3/8” crossed out] 4 1/2” / HOLD IN P.E.”
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] “5000”
Verso, lower left (pencil): “BooKi POLiCEWORKS” (sic)
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): “1972 NEW YORK City. USA.” [sic]
Verso, lower center edge (pencil): “72-9-13-26”
Verso, lower right (blue ink): [sideways] “.08 / ,07”
Verso, lower right corner (pencil): "LF-PW-158"
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