$7,500 punch : Arthur Jurs

Geissler Realty Company collector Arthur Jurs shows a bandaged left thumb to currency exchange manager Stanley Kunhs. The two were carrying $7,500 in cash and negotiable bonds when two men attempted a street robbery. Jurs thwarted the attempt by hitting a robber on the jaw. The two would-be thieves fled.

Publication date: 1938-07-24

Size: 8.5 x 5 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Subject(s):

• Business people--American--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Victims of crimes--Illinois--Chicago--1930-1940
• Geissler Realty Company--People--1930-1940
• Jurs, Arthur
• Kunhs, Stanley
• Fingers--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 24, 1938), Part One, p. 11

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Chicago Tribune (Firm)