(26144) Purple Gang, Collingwood Massacre, Detroit, 1931

A view of the escape route that the perpetrators of the Collingwood Massacre took after they murdered four men.

Caption reads: “Scene showing the alley between Collingwood Avenue and Lawrence Avenue, City of Detroit. Taken Sept. 20 1931 between 1 and 2pm by Detective Edward Crimmins.”

(26144) Purple Gang, Collingwood Massacre, Detroit, 1931
Date: 
1931-09-20
Physdesc: 
Photograph