James Leroy Smith and Anthony Marchand, 1958
PhotographerPhotographed by
Frank Lorenzo
American, 1928 - 2000
PhotographerPhotographed by
United Press International
American, founded 1907
Date1958 September 3
MediumPhotography
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (overall height x width): 7 1/4 × 9in. (18.4 × 22.9cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of Tracey Lorenzo Budrejko
DescriptionBlack and white photograph by United Press International (UPI) photographer Frank Lorenzo with typed caption.
Caption: HFP090305-9/3/58-NEW CANAAN, CONN.: The hero, 14 yr. old Anthony Marchand (R) of Greenwich, in rear seat while James Leroy Smith, 20, Washington, D.C., handcuffed in front seat of police cruisers, 9/3. Smith forced a taxi driver at gunpoint to take him from Baltimore to Connecticut "saying I want to see my wife in Stamford." The driver escaped at a Greenwich Toll station where the schoolboy was picked-up as a hostage. A wild chase followed to New Canaan where Marchand knocked Smith's gun aside as police moved in for the capture. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Caption: HFP090305-9/3/58-NEW CANAAN, CONN.: The hero, 14 yr. old Anthony Marchand (R) of Greenwich, in rear seat while James Leroy Smith, 20, Washington, D.C., handcuffed in front seat of police cruisers, 9/3. Smith forced a taxi driver at gunpoint to take him from Baltimore to Connecticut "saying I want to see my wife in Stamford." The driver escaped at a Greenwich Toll station where the schoolboy was picked-up as a hostage. A wild chase followed to New Canaan where Marchand knocked Smith's gun aside as police moved in for the capture. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL TELEPHOTO fl
Object number2023.82.335.5
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