1907: Yellow Kid Weil

Yellow Kid Weil

Yellow Kid Weil sitting in a room. Chicago Daily News, Inc., photographer.

Created/Published: 1923

Summary Half-length portrait of the infamous con artist ‘Yellow Kid’ Weil sitting in a room in Chicago, Illinois.

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

Cite as: DN-0070628, Chicago Daily News negatives collection, Chicago Historical Society. Reproduction Number: DN-0070628 Digital ID: ichicdn n070628

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