Title	Get Rich Quick Ponzi Now a Charity Patient
Accession Number	P77-23-012
Photographer	Wide World Photos, Inc.
Date Created	1948-04-21
Caption	From caption: Charles (Get Rich Quick) Ponzi, who swindled Americans out of millions of dollars in 1920 and served state and federal jail terms as a result, is today a charity patient in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ponzi came to Brazil from Italy before the war. He had lived in Italy for several years after his deportation from the United States in 1934. At left, Ponzi is shown in the heyday of his get-rich-quick operations; at right, Ponzi as he is today, a patient in a Rio de Janeiro hospital.
Description	Title from caption.
Notes	Full newspaper caption attached to photo.
Measurements	7 X 9 in.
Work Type (AAT)	photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints black-and-white photographs
Genre	Photojournalism
Location	Brazil--Rio de Janeiro
Subject Names	Ponzi, Charles
Subject (TGM)	Portraits Men Criminals Hospitals Sick persons
Collection	Baltimore News-American Collection
Credit Line	The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Rights	This item may be protected under Title 17 of the U.S. Copyright Law. It is made available by UMBC for non-commercial research and education. For permission to publish or reproduce, please see http://aok.lib.umbc.edu/specoll/repro.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu.
Repository	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Get Rich Quick Ponzi Now a Charity Patient

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