A young black boy who says he is left alone in the city comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection, NYC

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A young black boy who says he is left alone in the city comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection, NYC
A young black boy who says he is left alone in the city comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection, NYC
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1978
MediumVintage gelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 3/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.7 × 23 cm) Sheet: 6 3/4 × 9 1/4 in. (17.1 × 23.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2023.12.172
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Markings Verso, upper left corner (label, printed black ink): “MAG00100714- / 273”
Verso, upper center (typed, blue ink): “`New York’s 'Ninth Precinct Police Station' the home of Kojak. March 79 #79-29 [underlined] / The 9th Precinct runs from 14th Street down Houston and Broadway to the East River, the area is an ugly and terrifying place which is the home of / the terrorists of the Puerto Rican F.A.L.N., the Black Liberation Army, / and HQ of NY’s Hell’s Angels. It is the worst block in the city, with its / stinking tenements with no heat, burnt out buildings, drunken derelicts / and junkies, muggers and rapists. You would not want to be in the 9th Pre- / cinct after dark if you could help it. To TV viewers around the world, / Kojak has brought them the realities of crime in the big cities, also / this police station where Kojak is filmed. Psycho stabbers roam the / dark streets and since 1967 over 3,000 policemen have been killed in / America in the performance of their duties, and not one perpetrator has / gone to the electric chair. In NY alone there are over 2,000 homicides / a year and some cops feel it’s time to return to vigilantes and / frontier justice. / (NY Times Magazine 21 January 1979) Photos Leonard Freed/MAGNUM”
Verso, center left (stamp, black ink): “VINTAGE PRINT”
Verso, center (stamp, red ink): “Nur leihweise. / Nach Reproduction sotort zurück / an laenderpress / Hanne Fried eh- nglaender / 4 Düsseldorf 30 / Friedrich-Lau-Straße 26” [translation: “On loan. / Return immediately after reproduction / to the press country / Hanne Friedrich-English…”]
Verso, lower left (typed, blue ink): “Photo.12.”
Verso, lower center (typed, blue ink): “(78.9.7/17) a young black boy who says he is left alone in the city, / comes to the 9th Precinct for help and protection.”
Verso, lower center (stamp, black ink): “© Leonard Freed-Magnum”
Published References Illustrated: Leonard Freed: Police Work, pl. 102 (variant)
Signature Verso, lower center (pencil): “leonard freed”
Inscribed Verso, lower left corner (pencil): "LFPW-342.4"
Verso, lower left edge (pencil): "6000-"
Verso, upper right corner (black marker): [sideways] "NYC 2.6."
Verso, lower left (pencil): "1978 NEW YORK CITY . USA ."
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
The 9th Precinct office investigation unit with Lieutenant Edward Manet is the very building that Kojak uses in his TV series, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.152
Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Inmate inside holding cell, 9th police precinct, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.158
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink; she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit.", NYC
An officer told me, "I get home after a drunk has spewed all over me and the wife says I stink; she doesn't want me near her. I smell of vomit, shit.", NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.150
New York City policeman stationed in city high school in Harlem, armed police are needed to protect teachers, NYC
New York City policeman stationed in city high school in Harlem, armed police are needed to protect teachers, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.163
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Ready On the Firing Line: a Chinese Army squad prepares to fire in a small arms demonstration at the 196th Division of the Greater Peking Municipality. The vice commander of the division says its main task is to be militarily prepared to defend China and liberate Taiwan
Horst Faas
Date: August 14, 1972
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2023.12.195
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
It was impossible to tell what had happened. Two women were lying, screaming, on the ground. The street was full of excited people. When the dust cleared we found that a man had been shot. His attacker had escaped in the confusion, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1978
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.151
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
An electronic microscope takes photos of the pistol barrel. Items are microscopically tested to show indentations and markings found on the weapon and on the bullet, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.155
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Police officers searching suspects in back of police station, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1979
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.156
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Prison cells and bars, Tombs Prison, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.157
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Police officer crouching in front of door in hallway during a night raid on drug pushers, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.159
A retired policeman (seated in dark suit and hat) returns to the police station to check up on the detectives' day to day work, NYC
A retired policeman (seated in dark suit and hat) returns to the police station to check up on the detectives' day to day work, NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1975
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.160
Police force badges (cloth), NYC
Police force badges (cloth), NYC
Leonard Freed
Date: 1972
Medium: Vintage gelatin silver print
Object number: 2023.12.161