John Dillinger poses with the wooden pistol

John Dillinger, bank robber, poses with a wooden pistol in his left hand. He used the wooden pistol to escape from the Crown Point jail.

Publication date: 1938-10-09

Size: 8.5 x 5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Criminals--Middle West--1930-1940
• Dillinger, John, 1903-1934

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 9, 1938), p. 4

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press