Charles lucky luciano pictures in color

Slim Aarons (1916 - 2006) crossed paths with celebrities, royalty, and the who's who of society including famed Sicilian born American gangster Charles "Lucky" Luciano (1897 - 1962).

Luciano's criminal enterprise included gambling, narcotics-peddling, prostitution, extortion, and a bevy of other vice dens bilking millions of dollars a year from customers. Aarons captured the mobster several times over the course of his career including exclusive image of the gangster with family and friends during his exile from the United States by the FBI, which was granted for his assistance in protecting the docks in New York City during the second World War.

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Through exclusive partnership with Getty Images, the owner and custodian of the Slim Aarons photographic archive in its entirety, we have obtained select vintage silver gelatin limited edition prints featuring Lucky Luciano in his hometown Sicily with friends.

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