Frank Costello testifying before the Kefauver Committee, 1951 (Library of Congress)
New York World-Telegram & Sun staff photograph by Al Aumuller of Frank Costello seated behind a microphone while testifying before the Kefauver Committee. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1951
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- The Library of Congress rights advisory on the item record reads: "No known restrictions on publication for NYWT&S staff photographs. For information see "New York World-Telegram & Sun..." https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/res.076.nyw" The record identifies this print as a World-Telegram & Sun staff photograph. Collection: New York World-Telegram & Sun collection, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division. Call number: NYWTS - BIOG--Costello, Frank--Gambler <item> [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-120716 (b&w film copy neg.).
The Library of Congress titles this print “[Frank Costello, half-length portrait, seated, behind microphone, testifying before the Kefauver Committee investigating organized crime] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Al Aumuller.” The brackets mark a title devised by Library staff. The record’s subject heading names the Senate Special Committee to Investigate Organized Crime in Interstate Commerce, and the record gives 1951 as the date.
The record does not name the hearing city or the day, and this page does not supply them. The committee’s contempt proceedings against Costello after its New York hearings are filed separately as Senate Report 199. Nothing in the Library’s record ties this photograph to a particular session.
The Library’s rights statement covers World-Telegram & Sun staff photographs only, and the record identifies this print as one. The copy stored here is the Library’s service JPEG.