Title	Get Rich Quick Wizard To Be Deported
Accession Number	P77-23-024
Photographer	International News Photos (New York, N.Y.)
Date Created	1934
Caption	Boston, Mass..Charles Ponzi's last hopes of blocking deportation to Italy [?].as his $9,000,000 bubble of 1920. Governor Ely denied his petition for a full pardon, on which the wizard of illegal finance based his hopes of being permitted to remain in the country. The final hearing today, [?] 12th, before Governor Ely was dramtized by Ponzi's own eloquent plea and the tears of his wife, Rose Ponzi who accompanied him. After the hearing they parted and Ponzie started for the immigration station at East Boston where he is here shown surrendering to immigration commissioner Harry Ward. Before being locked in a cell to await deportation.
Description	Title from caption.
Notes	Full newspaper caption attached to photo.
Measurements	6.5 X 8.5 in.
Work Type (AAT)	photographs
Process	gelatin silver prints black-and-white photographs
Genre	Photojournalism
Location	United States--Massachusetts--Boston
Subject Names	Ponzi, Charles
Subject (TGM)	Deportations Immigration stations Government officials Criminals
Collection	Baltimore News-American Collection
Credit Line	The Photography Collections, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
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Repository	University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

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