Woman who jumped to her death with hypodermic syringe in hand is searched by policeman

Woman who jumped to her death with hypodermic syringe in hand is searched by policeman

Photograph

Leonard Freed

Maker
American, 1929–2006

Woman who jumped to her death with hypodermic syringe in hand is searched by policeman

Woman who jumped to her death with hypodermic syringe in her hand is searched by policeman in morgue; all police must take their turn at this kind of work; 9th Police Precinct, Homicide Task Force uynder Detective Sgt. Gerald McQueen (the real Kojak), New York City


1975
Gelatin silver print
Image: 6 5/16 × 9 1/4 in. (16 × 23.5 cm)
Paper: 8 × 10 in. (20.3 × 25.4 cm)
Gift of Steven and Claudia Schwartz, 2018
2018.0123.0018
Inscriptions Blindstamped on recto, BL: © Leonard Freed
Signed in pencil on verso, BRC: Leonard Freed
Inscribed in pencil on verso, TC: [circled] 21286
Stamped in ink on verso, C: © Leonard Freed-Magnum
Inscribed in ink on verso, C: 78-9-35-[strikethough] 13
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BLC: 4000 \ Book: Policework [sic] \ 1978 NEW YORK CITY-USA
Stamped in ink on verso, BC: VINTAGE PRINT
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BC: 78-9-35-13
Inscribed in pencil on verso, BR: LF-PW-178
Stamped in ink on verso, BRC: © Leonard Freed-Magnum
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