Archive Record
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Metadata
Title |
Postcard of Carl Christensen holding up the jacket he was wearing when he was shot by Baby Face Nelson during the FBI raid on the Dillinger gang at Little Bohemia, 4/22/1934. The jacket has several bullet holes. |
Scope & Content |
Carl is standing in front of his tavern and restaurant, The Chateau, on Highway 51. His family gifted the coat to the Frank B. Koller Memorial Library. |
Date |
1938 |
Source |
Merklein, Steve |
Collection |
Dillinger Collection |
Catalog Number |
2024.013.001 |
Object Name |
Postcard |
Search Terms |
1930s Dillinger shoot out Shooting Coats The Chateau |
People |
Christensen, Carl |
Subjects |
Gunfights Dillinger Wounds & injuries |