Meyer Lansky led by a detective for booking, 1958 (Library of Congress)
World-Telegram & Sun staff photograph by Orlando Fernandez of Meyer Lansky being led by a detective for booking on a vagrancy charge at the 54th Street police station. A copy is stored here.
- Date
- 1958
- 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--Lansky, Meyer--Gangster <item> [P&P]. Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-120717 (b&w film copy neg.).
The Library of Congress titles this print “[Meyer Lansky, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, being led by detective for booking on vagrancy charge at 54th Street police station, New York City] / N.Y. World Telegram & Sun photo by Orlando Fernandez.” The record gives the year 1958 and no day. It does not name the detective, and neither does this page.
As with the companion frame, the charge is the Library’s caption. This archive has not filed a booking or court record for it.
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.
