1909 NYC Gangster Mob Yiddish Black Hand Horse Poisoning Glass Photo Negative

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Historical Negative Collection
From the Brown Brothers Photo Archive.
Rare images of the Yiddish Black Hand, a criminal organization that operated out of the Lower East Side in New York City during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  They operated an extortion ring run by Jacob "Johnny" Levinsky and delivered anonymous letters signed "The Black Hand" threatening to poison or steal street cart horses and worse.
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