The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found...battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn't seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn't either, from the series "Police Work"

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The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found...battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn't seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn't either, from the series "Police Work"
The call coming through the police radio said a woman was seen being dragged, screaming, into an overgrown lot. She was found...battered, drugged and unconscious. Though she was known along the street as an addict and a prostitute, all the other pimps and whores said they hadn't seen a thing. The girl later said she hadn't either, from the series "Police Work"
Artist/Maker (American, 1929 - 2006)
Date1979
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 5/16 × 9 5/16 in. (16 × 23.7 cm) Sheet: 8 × 9 15/16 in. (20.3 × 25.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Thomas J. Wilson and Jill M. Garling, P2016
Object number2015.12.20
Not on view

Additional Details

Provenance 2015: Hamilton College (Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art), by gift of Thomas J. Wilson.
Markings Stamps: "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at center in purple ink; "51355 [crossed out in pencil]" on verso at center in black ink; "VINTAGE PRINT" on verso at lower center in black ink; "48477 [crossed out in pencil]" on verso at lower center in black ink; "© Leonard Freed-Magnum" on verso at lower right corner in black ink.

Stickers: white sticker with "Law Enforcement / PEOPLE DEAD & INJURED / (VICTIMS)" in black typewriting on verso at upper left corner, white sticker with "© Leonard Freed / Magnum Photos, Inc." printed in black ink on verso at upper left corner, white sticker with "cons#90270 / .......kkm....." in black typewriting on verso at lower left corner.

Published References Illustrated in Leonard Freed, POLICE WORK (New York: Simon and Schuster, 1980), pl. 47.
Signature Signed "Leonard Freed" on verso in lower right corner in pencil.
Inscribed "LAW ENFORCEMENT" on verso at upper left corner in black pen; "53985" on verso at upper center in pencil; "79-7-28-35" on verso at center in pencil; "log # 44514 [crossed out]", "41937 [crossed out]" on verso at center in pencil; "Book: "Police Work" " on verso at lower left in pencil; "6000" on verso at lower left corner in pencil; "79-7-28-35" on verso at lower center in pencil; "LF-PW-047-04" on verso at lower right corner, in pencil.
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