Museum Of The American Gangster Opening In NYC

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Museum Of The American Gangster Opening In NYC - PSFK (http://www.psfk.com/2010/02/museum-of-the-american-gangster-will-open-in-new-york-city.html)

Mafia Museum To Open In East Village - NY1.com (http://www.ny1.com/5-manhattan-news-content/top_stories/114154/mafia-museum-to-open-in-east-village)

Also, a bit on beer brewing in the Bronx
The Riverdale Press: Reliving the heady days of brewing in the Bronx (http://riverdalepress.com/full.php?sid=11581&current_edition=2010-03-04)

[Ghostsoldier]

It's about time....that's a museum that's needed to be opened for a while; showing gangsters for the ordinary men they were (in extraordinary times -- and not glorifying crime) will go a long way to dispel the false myths (and Hollywood's contributions to said myth), and reveal the true historical interest of those times. :)
Rob

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More tourist attractions - this LA tour starts in 1940
Los Angeles Gangsters - Tour of Los Angeles Gangster History Video - About.com (http://video.about.com/losangeles/LA-s-Gangster-History.htm)

I never knew the Gangster Museum of America already existed - in Hot Springs, AR
GANGSTER MUSEUM (http://www.tgmoa.com./)

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Roy Olmstead, Seattle
Capitol Hill's "Al Capone", Roy Olmstead (http://blog.seattlepi.com/capitolhill/archives/204860.asp?from=blog_last3)

A former "baby faced" lieutenant with the Seattle Police department, Roy Olmstead started out arresting rum runners. When he found out how disorganized they were, he organized them to the tune of $200,000 a month back in 1920. That was alota money back then for Roy and his network of over a hundred, but hey Johnny, when its the depression and ya gotta feed your family, ya gotta make some tough choices. Records at the federal archives at Sandpoint showed he wrapped whiskey at Nagle Place next to today's Cal Anderson Park, his call in center was the Coronado Apts. on Eastlake and he supplied just about every Club here in Seattle.

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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition

David Friend and Edward Sorel spotlight Daniel Okrent’s spirited new history of Prohibition.
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/2010/05/spotlight-prohibition-201005

and
http://www.capecodonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20100502/LIFE/5020344

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DON NOBLE: ‘Infamous’ tells bizarre gangster tale
DON NOBLE: ‘Infamous’ tells bizarre gangster tale | TuscaloosaNews.com (http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/article/20100425/NEWS/100429746/1005)

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The author of the new book "The Wisconsin Road Guide to Gangster Hot Spots," Lewis has researched Wisconsin's rich history of hosting the 20th century's most notorious outlaws, and has sought to dig up new details often found in small towns.

Author highlights gangster history of state | wausaudailyherald.com | Wausau Daily Herald (http://www.wausaudailyherald.com/article/20100517/WDH0101/5170447/1981)

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Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition
Daniel Okrent writes the history of American Prohibition from the beginning of the movement in 1873 in small-town Ohio, where women knelt down in snow and spilled liquor to pray for dryness, all the way through to the 18th Amendment’s repeal in 1933. It’s a story of bootleggers, Prohibitionists, rumrunners, and influential women fighting in courtrooms, Congress, and basement distilleries to save America from the perils of drink, and then later to restore individual freedoms from the grasp of a more intrusive government. Okrent’s final “single indisputable lesson” gleaned from Prohibition comes from bootlegger Sam Bronfman: “You people were thirsty.”
Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition - Newsweek (http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/we-read-it/2010/05/24/last-call-the-rise-and-fall-of-prohibition-.html)

May 28 (Bloomberg) -- The start of U.S. Prohibition in 1920 had many unintended consequences, including the creation of a class of inventive, booze-smuggling entrepreneurs. By 1923, a motley collection of ships was sitting up and down the east coast on “Rum Row,” just outside the three-mile limit. Floating warehouses, they got supplies from the Bahamas and then fed a flotilla of smaller boats.
Daniel Okrent Discusses His Book `Last Call', video
Smugglers Kept Boozers Happy During Prohibition: Lewis Lapham - Bloomberg.com (http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601088&sid=aJCMg9nBmOhA)

and a podcast
Daniel Okrent talks about his book Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. - By Daniel Gross and Krishnan Vasudevan - Slate Magazine (http://www.slate.com/id/2254948/)

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Jacob (Kuppy) Migden, a fledgling Brooklyn hoodlum who had spent a week tailing the prey, confirmed that he was the right man.

The sedan's driver, Seymour (Blue Jaw) Magoon, dropped the big car in gear. He prowled past the quarry, did a U-turn, then approached from the rear. Gioacchino (Dandy Jack) Parisi stepped out on a running board, raised a .32-caliber pistol and emptied it into the man's back.

It seemed another example of Murder Inc. operating at deadly efficiency.

The nickname was cooked up by the New York tabloids for a loose federation of hired killers, most of them Italians or Jews from the slums around Brownsville, Brooklyn - men like Parisi, Magoon, Abe (Kid Twist) Reles, Allie Tannenbaum, Pittsburgh Phil Strauss and Martin (Buggsy) Goldstein.

Read more: Wrong guy Irving Penn gets whacked, marking the end of Murder Inc. (http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2010/07/25/2010-07-25_wrong_guy_whacked_its_the_end_of_murder_inc.htm l#ixzz0ukldiBMF)

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Hit parade
New East Village mob museum gives gangsters another shot at fame

By BRIAN NIEMIETZ
Last Updated: 8:18 AM, July 25, 2010
Posted: 3:26 AM, July 25, 2010

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When Otway came across an odd-looking radiator he had explosives experts check it out. According to Otway, they discovered the copper wire running through it was a circuit connected to explosive under the bar that would be detonated when the radiator was smashed, thus bringing down the entire building except for the concrete shelter in which the radiator is stored. Said bunker had three escape tunnels leading to basements off of nearby streets and avenues.

The museum is open every day except Wednesday. Tickets are $10 and tours are $15.

Read more: Hit parade - NYPOST.com (http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/hit_parade_W325kVyTHBvI06BiRemxxH#ixzz0ukmZV36H)

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Are you an Al Capone aficionado and have at least $80,000 in loose change laying around? You can own a .38 Special that was once the Devil's Right Hand for one Alphonse Gabriel Capone.
http://chicagoist.com/2011/06/20/own_al_capones_gun_for_100k.php

[Ghostsoldier]

Ooooooooooooooh......SHINEY! :D

Rob

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Ooooooooooooooh......SHINEY! :D

Rob

Keep using terms like that, Mr Browncoat and I'll send you a link to the guy who converts Lemats to .38 Special.



LONDON | A handgun once owned by gangster Al Capone has sold for almost $110,000 at an auction in London.

Auctioneer Christie's says the Colt .38 revolver went for $109,080 to an anonymous bidder in the room.

Read more: http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/illinois/chicago/article_bf81c362-2d97-56c7-91cf-d53689c72168.html#ixzz1Q76V4fAE