Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was the murder of seven members and associates of Chicago's North Side Gang on Saint Valentine's Day 1929. The men were gathered at a Lincoln Park, Chicago garage on the morning of February 14, 1929. They were lined up against a wall and shot by four unknown assailants, two of whom were disguised as police officers.
The seven men slain during the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre.
Bullet fragments from the massacre held in the Mob Museum.
The victims were lined up against this wall and shot.
The site in 2013
Lincoln Park is a designated community area on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. It is located west of Lincoln Park.
Bissell Street District in the Lincoln Park neighborhood
1880s photo of 653 W. Wrightwood (now 655 W. Wrightwood) in the Lincoln Park neighborhood, typical of the Victorian-era structures in the area. Note the wooden sidewalk, dirt road and lack of buildings surrounding the edifice.
1934 FBI photograph of the Biograph, soon after the shooting of John Dillinger
Building on Orchard and Dickens in 1964 defaced with "Young Lords" Graffito