Weegee
Booked for Homicide, 1942
Silver gelatin print on glossy fibre paper
Image dimensions:
7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in
(18.5 x 14.5 cm)
Framed dimensions:
15 7/8 x 13 3/8 in
(40.3 x 34 cm)
7 1/4 x 5 3/4 in
(18.5 x 14.5 cm)
Framed dimensions:
15 7/8 x 13 3/8 in
(40.3 x 34 cm)
New York, Irma Twist, a nurse, is alleged to have given two 1-day-old babies at the Bronx Maternity Hospital an overdose of a sleeping potion containing opium. One infant died...
New York, Irma Twist, a nurse, is alleged to have given two 1-day-old babies at the Bronx Maternity Hospital an overdose of a sleeping potion containing opium. One infant died and the other is seriously ill. She was arrested and booked for homicide.
Exhibitions
New York, Anton Kern Gallery, Weegee: The Human Touch, 195-1949, June 29 - August 21, 2020.