Get Rich Quick Ponzi Now a Charity Patient
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 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://library.umbc.edu/speccoll/rightsreproductions.php or contact Special Collections at speccoll(at)umbc.edu.
Repository
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)
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