Marvin "Buck" Barrow with 1932 Ford V-8, circa 1933

Summary

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker captured headlines -- and attention from the FBI -- with a string of robberies and murders from 1932 to 1934. Clyde's brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, joined their gang with his wife, Blanche, in March 1933. Four months later, Buck died from a wound he received in a gunfight with police. Blanche was arrested at the same time.

Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker captured headlines -- and attention from the FBI -- with a string of robberies and murders from 1932 to 1934. Clyde's brother, Marvin "Buck" Barrow, joined their gang with his wife, Blanche, in March 1933. Four months later, Buck died from a wound he received in a gunfight with police. Blanche was arrested at the same time.

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

13 April 1933

Creators

Unknown

 On Exhibit

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

92.1.1774.P.CO.320

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of the Family of Henry Austin Clark, Jr.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 5 in

Width: 4 in

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