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Description
Order Number
00106507
Title
Virginia
Hill
wanted
poster
Collection ID
Herald Examiner Collection
Location/Accession
HE
box
8733
Date
1955
Physical Description
1
photographic
print
:b&w
;26
x
21
cm
.
Notes
Title
supplied
by
cataloger.
;
Photograph
was
edited
for
publication
purposes
.
Historical Data
Virginia
Hill
was
born
on
August
26
,
1916
in
Lipscomb
,
Alabama
. She was
famous
for
being
the
girlfriend
of
mobster
Bugsy
Siegel
.
Hill
ran
away
from her
hometown
at the
age
of
seventeen
and
went
to
Chicago
where
she
found
work
waitressing
and
dancing
. She
met
a
wealth
gangster
and
became
involved
in the
Chicago
crime
scene
. She was
used
to
pass
messages
and
packages
between
gangsters
, and
eventually
worked
in the
accounting
office
of
Al
Capone
,
funelling
funds
in
Swiss
bank
accounts
for
various
gangsters
,
including
Bugsy
Siegel
. She
moved
to
Los
Angeles
and
became
involved
with him. He
named
the
hotel
he was
building
in
Las
Vegas
'The
Flamingo,
' a
nickname
he had
given
Hill
. They had a
tumultuous
relationship
with
arguments
often
turning
into
physical
fights
.
Siegel
was in
trouble
with the
mob
and was
gunned
down
on
June
20
,
1947
in
Hill's
Beverly
Hills
home
.
Hill
became
a
witness
in
Senate
hearings
involving
organized
crime
.
Hounded
by the
IRS
for
unpaid
taxes
, and
fearing
reprisal
from the
mob
, she
moved
to
Europe
where
she
died
on
March
24
,
1966
in
Austria
, an
apparent
suicide
.
Description
Labeled
"
Wanted
circular
No
.
3
"
pictured
are
two
photographs
of
Virginia
Hill
. The
photo
on the
left
shows
a
serious
Hill
,
while
the
one
on the
right
shows
Hill
smiling
slightly
.
Under
the
photos
are the
words
, "
Wanted
for:
federal
income
tax
evasion
,
Virginia
Hill
Hauser.
"
Hill's
aliases
are
listed
,
along
with her
physical
description
and
information
about
an
indictment
for
tax
evasion
. There
is
a
request
to
furnish
information
to
assist
locating
HIll
, and the
words
"
Issued
December
1
,
1955.
"
Photograph
was
used
in an
article
dated
December
10
,
1967
.
Subject
Hill, Virginia,--1916-1966.
Hill, Virginia,--1916-1966--Portraits.
Siegel, Bugsy,--1906-1947--Friends and associates.
Crime--California--Los Angeles.
Organized crime--California--Los Angeles.
Criminals--California--Los Angeles.
Women--California--Los Angeles.
Female offenders--California--Los Angeles.
Wanted posters
Portrait photographs
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs.
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs.
Format
Photographic prints
Reproduction Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at
http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html
for additional information.
Sub-Collection Name
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
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