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Description
The body of Brady Gang member Clarence Lee Shaffer is covered as it lies on Central Street shortly after he and Brady Gang leader Alfred Brady were killed by law enforcement authorities. Shaffer's body is lying in a general east-west direction.
About This Item
- Title: Body of Clarence Lee Shaffer, Bangor, 1937
- Creation Date: 1937-10-12
- Subject Date: 1937-10-12
- Location: Downtown, Bangor, Penobscot County, ME
- Media: Photographic print
- Local Code: 1997.013.0001
- Collection: Brady Gang Collection
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Central Street (Bangor, Me.)
- Organized crime--Maine--Bangor
- Gangsters--Maine--Bangor
- Brady, Alfred, 1910-1937--Death and burial
- Gangs--Maine--Bangor
- Schaffer, Clarence Lee--Death and burial
- Police shootings--Maine--Bangor
- United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
- Criminals--Maine--Bangor
People
Other Keywords
- Brady Gang
- Clarence Lee Shaffer
- Dakin Sporting Goods Co.
- Dakin's Sporting Goods Store
- Everett S. "Shep" Hurd
- Shep Hurd
- Shootout
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Bangor Historical Society159 Union Street, Bangor, ME 04401
(207) 942-1900
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