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A Thirty-year Old Woman of Two Children Committed Suicide by Jumping from the Roof of her Tenement Building. Clutched in Her Hand was a Syringe of Drugs, 9th Police Precinct, Homicide Task Force Under Detective Sgt. Gerald McQueen (the real Kojak), New York City
A Thirty-year Old Woman of Two Children Committed Suicide by Jumping from the Roof of her Tenement Building. Clutched in Her Hand was a Syringe of Drugs, 9th Police Precinct, Homicide Task Force Under Detective Sgt. Gerald McQueen (the real Kojak), New York City
Object number2016.32.9

A Thirty-year Old Woman of Two Children Committed Suicide by Jumping from the Roof of her Tenement Building. Clutched in Her Hand was a Syringe of Drugs, 9th Police Precinct, Homicide Task Force Under Detective Sgt. Gerald McQueen (the real Kojak), New York City

Date1979
Artist (American, 1929 - 2006)
MediumGelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 6 1/8 × 9 1/8 in. (15.56 × 23.18 cm)
Sheet: 7 × 9 3/8 in. (17.78 × 23.81 cm)
Credit LineGift of Hilary Leff and Elliot Groffman
On View
Not on view
Period20th c
Classification(s)
SignedSigned and dated on verso in pencil
InscribedInscribed with title, various agency stamps and annotations on verso
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