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End of a young life. Olga Cassanova, 14, plunges to her death in an 11-story drop from a Manhattan

GIARDELLI Joe (Publisher)
Tribune Newspaper (Publisher)

Wirephoto published in the Tribune newspaper in 1957. Purchased by David Hurn from MMG Photo Archives.

Full title: End of a young life. Olga Cassanova, 14, plunges to her death in an 11-story drop from a Manhattan hotel room last night after defying police desperately trying to snatch her from a window ledge. The girl, apparently angered by a scolding from the aunt with whom she lived, came to New York from the Virgin Islands in 1955.

The photograph is accompanied by a Certificate of Authenticity signed by the librarian of the Baltimore Sun Archives Paul M McCardell.

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Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 57444

Creation/Production

GIARDELLI Joe
Tribune Newspaper
Role: Photographer
Role: Publisher
Period: 1957

Acquisition

Gift, 25/4/2017

Measurements

h(cm) image size:24.3
h(cm)
w(cm) image size:15.3
w(cm)
h(cm) paper size:25.4
w(cm) paper size:17.3

Techniques

Wirephoto

Material

Newsprint

Location

In store

Categories

Papur papur newydd | Newsprint Deunydd archif | Archival material Ffotograff | Photograph Gweithiau ar bapur | Works on paper Celf Gain | Fine Art Suicide
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