I didn't mean 2 sound sarcastic..sorry.

L to R: Ciro Terranova, Luciano and Capone go for a swim.

Nice Pic

Liborio 'Barney' Bellomo.

now thats a picture. if real.is it photo shopped?

It's not shopped.

I'm pretty sure he was talking about the Luciano-Capone pic.

I meant on that photo too,i have seen it before.

Strax, while I have your ear, those pics you posted in the beginning of the thread, is there any way to repost them?...Would like to glance at a few, if possible..Thanks

Does anyone know where that photo of Lucky, Capone and Terranova was taken??

I will search for them on my old PC,the host i used went down and won't be coming back online.

If i find them,be sure i will repost them asap!

Not sure, I got it off of pinterest (which is a goldmine for rare pics), if you look carefully there is an address there that it may have been originally come from Real Deal (if that violates any rules, I'll remove it).

I almost didn't repost it because the areas around Luciano's and Capone's heads looked a little "funny", but the man on the left is a dead-ringer for Terranova and I have not seen any photos of him taken from that angle with his head-titled.

The shadowing on thier necks all match as if the sun was to thier back at a 2 to 3 o'clock position in front of the photographer (to the left shoulder of capone-luciano) and thier faces are all partially backlit, so if it is a photoshop someone put a lot of effort in to it.

The real question is when and where was it taken, Masseria was killed on April 10th 1931, Capone was convicted on October 18, 1931 and sent to prison the following Spring and Maranzano was also killed that October.

The way I figure it, if genuine, it is only at the summer 1931 "national conference" in Chicago where Maranzano had himself crowned "Capo di Tutti Capi" that these people could have been in the same room together.

Thanks, Strax.



Anthony Scotto

^^Good pic of a young Scotto NJ. Thanks for posting.

Good point...He'll wear a suit for to sit down with criminals but wears a sweat suit in god's house ?? What a bum !!

Little Nicky Scarfo

No class and so disrespectful!

Thanks for posting Moe, Nicky looks good for 87.

You're right !!

Think this is the best one in this thread !!

great pic..late 50s?

no doubt

Both are great pics. I think the Scarfo one has been requested more than any here lately. Good stuff

Joey Merlino

not 100% sure on credibility, but this picture is supposed to be Nicodemo "nicky slick" Dipietro on far left, and John "Johnny Garbs" Garbarino from 10th & O gang on far right...

That pic above is the 90's? Same with merlino pic?

These ones I don't know whether they can be considered "rare" enough for the topic, but the gangsters in question are certainly not so well known as they theoretically could be, considering what they did in Akron in the 1910's: this group, headed by Rosario Borgia (considered the n.1 racketeer in Akron at the time), tried to expand their extortion sphere of influence on the big business and prominent people in Akron, Ohio and was so persistent that even the local police refused to be bought off, so Borgia could think of nothing better than putting a bounty on the whole police department, paying a certain sum of money for each murdered policeman (4 policemen were killed before the arrest of the gang and another one after that). Eventually some of them, Borgia including, went to the electric chair (another example contradicting the statement that Lepke Buchalter was the only mob boss to be executed in USA).


Rosario Borgia (the boss)


Frank Mazzano


Pasquale Biondo


Paul Chiavaro


Vincent Damico

"Bobby Doyle" Santuccio in old age.

The bodies of Al Mineo and Steve Ferrigno after being hit by Valachi and friends.