The notorious Purple Gang...
Oct 22, 2018 09:41:03 #
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Doherty Hotel color
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Doherty Hotel B&W
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Inside hotel
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Inside hotel
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Cops and Doughnuts bakery
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Some of the memorabilia
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Oct 22, 2018 09:48:09 #
lsupremo
Loc: Palm Desert, CA
My brother was a member! The good old days.
rlaugh wrote:
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Oct 22, 2018 09:51:47 #
Oct 22, 2018 10:10:08 #
Oct 22, 2018 12:19:45 #
lsupremo wrote:
My brother was a member! The good old days.
Wow...would like to hear more...were you from Michigan?
Oct 22, 2018 13:16:58 #
Oct 22, 2018 14:00:09 #
While in the Navy in the early 50s I was at the Great Lake Naval Station for school. In Chicago I took a tour that showed us where the mass murder took place. You could see the holes in the wall from the machine guns. The gangs seem to control everything.
Oct 22, 2018 16:05:41 #
nanaval wrote:
Looks very interesting Bob, lovely pictures... 
Thank you so much Val!!
Oct 22, 2018 17:44:10 #
Very interesting series and excellent shots Bob. Two nice looking buildings in #5. 
Oct 22, 2018 17:48:45 #
Oct 22, 2018 18:52:28 #
rlaugh wrote:
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Great series, my friend
Oct 22, 2018 23:10:42 #
Oct 23, 2018 00:04:06 #
rlaugh wrote:
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Interesting and beautiful as all your posts are, bob!!
Oct 23, 2018 05:55:07 #
rlaugh wrote:
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Bob, excellent set of history, thank you.
Greg
Oct 23, 2018 06:04:46 #
rlaugh wrote:
Took a day trip to Clare Michigan, where the Purple Gang of the 20's occasionally hung out! It is reported that even Capone feared this gang because they were so ruthless! Shots include the Doherty Hotel, where their lawyer was killed, and the Cops and Doughnut bakery, restaurant, memorabilia store..(excellent baked goods)!!
Nice set my friend.
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