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
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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.
Louise's 66th Birthday Party: When Louise joined, the group was known as the Womens Improvement Club. Now it's the Pleasanton Womens Club. She has been instrumental in every major project that has helped to better the community. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Louise's 66th Birthday Party: When Louise joined, the group was known as the Womens Improvement Club. Now it's the Pleasanton Womens Club. She has been instrumental in every major project that has helped to better the community. Tri-Valley Area, Northern California, from the series "Our Kind of People"
Bill Owens
Date: 1969-75
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2019.18.75
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. "I don't smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They're useful in such situations," said the officer, from the series "Police Work"
The man was found lying in the street. He will be sent to a hospital. "I don't smoke, but I carry a pack with me. They're useful in such situations," said the officer, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2015.12.22
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Roosevelt Road is Quiet Today: little traffic, vehicles or pedestrian, in to be seen on Chicago's Roosevelt Road (alternate US 30) following a night of relative calm. Police battled rioters for two nights previous and the Illinois National Guard was brought in. Patrolling jeep with armed guardsmen is seen at center and a police car is parked at right
Date: July 15, 1966
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.274
Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Who Said Anything about Thanksgiving Dinner?, from "Harper's Weekly"
Thomas Nast
Date: published November 26, 1881
Medium: Wood engraving on newsprint
Object number: 2019.13.570
Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Pho…
Long May She Wave; Lady of Liberty
Akea Brionne
Date: 2022
Medium: Framed archival inkjet print and cotton fabric panel
Object number: 2022.9.a-b
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
First Appearance: Wallace D. Muhammad, gestures as he speaks at McCormick Place in Chicago Sunday. It is his first public appearance since he succeeded his father a leader of the Black Muslims. He called for stronger family ties among Muslims and for supremacy of the mind. He also said that Black Muslims should respect whites who respect blacks.
Date: June 16, 1975
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.267
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
In the midst of gloom of a rainy Friday night in the Army, the troops in the Chicago Av. Armory got the good news; Some of them will be home for Easter. Brigadier General Richard T. Dunn, commander of the 5,000 National Guard troops called to active duty after disturbances Thursday, said: "If everything remains quiet and no disturbances grow out of the peace parade Saturday we will begin phasing out troops by midnight tomorrow."
Date: April 5, 1969
Medium: Vintage ferrotyped gelatin silver print
Object number: 2022.15.271
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
Do-ce-do Around she Goes
Do-ce-do Around she Goes
William C. Palmer
Date: 1932
Medium: Etching on paper
Object number: WCP.231.6
Another Day, Another Confrontation: A large crowd of demonstrators is stopped by a thin line of county police as they attempted to march to the courthouse. They were halted by Sheriff Jim Clark and told they could proceed on an individual basis if they had voter registration business there. City police later replaced the sheriff's men. A contingent of state police stands ready in foreground.
Another Day, Another Confrontation: A large crowd of demonstrators is stopped by a thin line of county police as they attempted to march to the courthouse. They were halted by Sheriff Jim Clark and told they could proceed on an individual basis if they had voter registration business there. City police later replaced the sheriff's men. A contingent of state police stands ready in foreground.
Date: March 15, 1965
Medium: Vintage Associated Press wirephoto
Object number: 2022.15.276
© 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
Object number: 2017.22.39
© Leonard Freed. Image courtesy of the Ruth and Elmer Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinto…
On a warm July day neighborhood children play in a patrol car. At another time, an officer reminisced about wintry midnight tours, about the isolation he felt in the patrol car. Night after night he drove the same streets saw the same drunks, homeless ones, addicts, whom he had to move on, clearing the street. He had his anxieties. What, he wondered, would he do if one night they were gone? Whom would he talk to?, from the series "Police Work"
Leonard Freed
Date: 1976
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Object number: 2017.22.35