# Louis "Lepke" Buchalter mug shots (FBI)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/fbi-lepke-buchalter-mug-shots/

Mug shots of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter published on the FBI's Fur Dressers Case page, captioned with his 1939 surrender and his execution on March 4, 1944. The FBI serves the image; no copy is stored here.

The FBI image repository titles this entry "Louis "Lepke" Buchalter Mug Shots" and captions it: "Shortly after he surrendered on August 24, 1939, Louis Buchalter was sentenced to prison on antitrust and narcotics charges. He was later tried and convicted on a state charge of murder. On March 4, 1944, he was executed at Sing Sing Prison." It appears on the FBI history page "Fur Dressers Case". The repository lists the file at 59 KB.

The FBI does not say when the photographs were taken or by which agency, and this page records them as undated.

The image was downloaded from the FBI image repository on 12 October 2026 but is not stored here: the FBI's file carries a visible "Corbis" watermark, though the placard reads "F.B.I.-N.Y.", so the page keeps a document plate until the owner rules on it. The FBI serves the image at the URL above.

## Sources

- Federal Bureau of Investigation: https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/lepke-buchalter-mug-shots.jpg/view
- FBI history: Fur Dressers Case: https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/fur-dressers-case