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Mickey Cohen Style
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At home in front of his neatly-organized closet in 1949. Photo via Life.
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In a spiffy cardigan for a murder trial in 1958. Photo via the USC Digital Library.
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Mickey "glaring at newsmen" outside a courthouse in 1949. Photo via the AP.
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Mickey Cohen's men's shop, allegedly a front. Photo via LA Morgue Files.
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Another shot of the store. Photo via LA Morgue Files.
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Center in a white cardi on his way to Mexico in 1958. Photo via the USC Digital Library.
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Mickey in prison—but still looking polished—being visited by his wife LaVonne in 1951. Photo via the USC Digital Library.
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Cardigan number three! At his arraignment in 1958. Photo via the USC Digital Library.
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Suited up with his attorney outside a federal court. Photo via the USC Digital Library.
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A teenage Mickey in blue satin boxing shorts with the Star of David.
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Leaving the Continental Cafe on Santa Monica Boulevard in 1949. Mickey was shot an hour later. Photo via the LAT.
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Being escorted to a court hearing by two U.S. Marshalls. Photo via the LAT.
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Being booked on conspiracy to commit murder in 1949. Photo via the AP.
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Flanked by his wife and a U.S. Marshall (the couple was charged with tax evasion) in 1951. Photo via the AP.
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Reporting to court on a murder indictment with his bail bondsman in 1961. Photo via the LAT.