History’s Rarest Images: 50 Photos That Will Stop You In Your Tracks

Al Capone’s prison cell in 1929

During his stay at the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia in 1929, Al Capone was able to get some of the guards to work for him and smuggle in certain goods. Capone was able to live in some level of comfort with oriental rugs, fine furniture and even had a cabinet radio which at the time was the equivalent of a big screen TV.



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