Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC

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Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1979
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.7 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 number2023.12.156
Not on view
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Markings Verso, upper left corner (label, black ink): “MAG00100706- / 010”
Verso, upper center (stamp, purple ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, upper center (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Inscribed Verso, upper right (black ink): “NYC [‘18’ text crossed out]”
Verso, upper right corner (black marker): “2.6.1”
Verso, center (pencil): “79-7-20-34 – USA.”
Verso, center (pencil): “1972”
Verso, center (blue ink): “New YORK city Police / BACK ROOM of [text crossed out] / Station HOUSe, suspects BeiNg checked out.” [sic]
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "LFPW-246"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): [sideways] "4000"
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The "shooting gallery" raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2014.8.43
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
The “shooting gallery” raid was over and the officers were leaving when from the back room an officer called for us to return. He had found something. Crouched and terrified in a closet was an addict, tourniquet on his upper arm, holding a syringe in his hand, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Photo by David Revette.
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Medium: Gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
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