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FBI wanted poster dated November 8, 1937, headed "$5,000 Reward", for Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter: profile and front photographs and a description of each, over the name of John Edgar Hoover, Director.
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FBI wanted poster for Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter, 8 November 1937

FBI wanted poster for Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter dated November 8, 1937, carrying their photographs. A copy is stored here.

Date
1937-11-08
Kind
photograph
Source
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Retrieved
2026-10-12
Rights
An FBI wanted poster, a work of the United States government, public domain in the United States under 17 U.S.C. § 105. The FBI caption credits the scan as a "Library of Congress image". The FBI serves the image at the cited URL; a copy downloaded from it on 12 October 2026 is stored here.

The FBI image repository titles this entry “Wanted Flyer for Buchalter and Shapiro” and captions it: “FBI wanted poster for Jacob Shapiro and Louis Buchalter, dated November 8, 1937. Library of Congress image.” It appears on the FBI history page “Fur Dressers Case”. The repository lists the file at 3,451 KB.

The poster is a federal work. The FBI credits the scan to the Library of Congress, but the Library’s own item was not located, and this page cites only the FBI’s copy. This page does not transcribe the poster’s text.

The copy shown here was downloaded from the FBI image repository on 12 October 2026 and reduced from 2413 to 1202 pixels wide to keep it under 1.5 MB.

itemLouis "Lepke" Buchalter mug shots (FBI)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.itemJacob Shapiro mug shot (FBI)Mug shot of Jacob Shapiro published on the FBI's Fur Dressers Case page, captioned with his May 5, 1944 sentence of 15 years to life. The FBI serves the image; no copy is stored here.itemLouis "Lepke" Buchalter handcuffed to a guard, 1939 (Library of Congress)World-Telegram & Sun staff photograph by Al Aumuller of Louis "Lepke" Buchalter handcuffed to a guard and getting into a van, dated 1939. A copy is stored here.