Taking Becker to Sing Sing, 30 October 1912 (Library of Congress)
Bain News Service photograph captioned "Taking Becker to Sing Sing": former police lieutenant Charles Becker, convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, on his way to prison. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1912-10-30
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- The Library of Congress rights advisory on the item record reads: "No known restrictions on publication. For more information, see George Grantham Bain Collection - Rights and Restrictions Information https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/274_bain.html" Collection: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Call number: LC-B2- 2437-14 [P&P] LOT 10847 (Corresponding print). Reproduction number: LC-DIG-ggbain-10747 (digital file from original neg.).
The Library of Congress catalogs this Bain News Service photograph under its caption, “Taking Becker to Sing Sing.” The Library’s summary, quoting the New York Times of 30 October 1912, identifies Charles Becker as the ex-police lieutenant convicted of the murder of Herman Rosenthal, on his way to Sing Sing. The record gives the date as 1912 Oct. 30.
Becker was a police officer. This archive files the photograph with the Rosenthal case and does not treat him as a member of any crime family. The trial record is not yet filed here.
The photograph is a George Grantham Bain Collection glass negative. The copy stored here is the Library’s service JPEG.
