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1914
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Detective Stanley Birns

Detective Stanley Birns


Photograph of Detective Stanley Birns, standing in uniform

Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published
ca. 1914 July 22

Summary
Image of a portrait of Stanley Birns, a police detective. He is standing in uniform for a formal portrait. Detective Birns was killed on July 7, 1914 in a gun fight in the levee district. Another policeman, Joseph Merrill, was wounded. This image was probably taken in Chicago, Illinois.

Notes
This photonegative taken by a Chicago Daily News photographer may have been published in the newspaper.

Cite as: DN-0063193, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society.
Reproduction Number: DN-0063193
Digital ID: ichicdn n063193

        

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