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DimensionsSheet: 7 3/16 × 9 1/2 in. (18.3 × 24.1 cm)
Image: 6 3/16 × 9 1/16 in. (15.7 × 23 cm)
Accession Number 2017.68
Classificationsphotograph
InscriptionsThe "Real Kojak"...Det.Sgt. McQueen of New York (underlined) Distrib. 76/137 (underlined) In Manhattan's Homicide Task Force they call him the "real Kojak", he is the 36yr old Det. Dergeant Gerald Thornton McQueen of the NY Police Dept's Detective Bureau. Tracking down murders is a painstaking job, crimes increased and therfor the NY Chief of Police decided to create a special task force under the direction of Detective Commander Lt. Richard Gallagher and his assistant Sgt. McQueen, with 12 other specialists. They have at their disposal an ultra sophisticated electronic tracking device, computers, lazer beams, radio transmiters, and a memory bank for locating "wanted criminals". A dusted fingerprint is photographed, put into a computer and lazer scanners, and within seconds the corresponding identity finger print can be found from criminal records all over the United States.This is now the age of electronic criminology, but the cop on the street is still neededand men like Sgt. McQueen maynot always find their suspect like Kojak doe, but then they are real cops facing real problems.... Photos by Leonard FREED / MAGNUM (u,c verso typed in blue ink); 1975 (underlined) NEW YORK CITY. USA. (center verso pencil); This print is from IBL AB Box 52, S-260 70 Ljungbyhed tel. 0435-407 65 and should be returned (center verso printed on sticker); Photo 16. the half naked body of this victim was found in a clearing of the woods near the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge, the Homicide squad had to first find her indentity and then locate the murderer. (73.19.27/5) (l,c verso typed in blue ink); MAG001-00005-291 (l,r verso printed on sticker); LFPW-332.5 4500 (l,l verso in pencil)
MarksVINTAGE PRINT (l,c verso stamp in black ink); © Leonard Freed-Magnum (l,r verso stamp in black ink)
The half-naked body of this victim was found in a cleaning of the woods near the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge, the homicide squad had to first find her identity and then locate the murderer, NYC
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines