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Vintage glossy 5.75 x 3.5 New York Police Department diptych mug shot photograph of Frank Galluccio, depicting the man widely credited with inflicting the facial scars that gave Al Capone his infamous ‘Scarface’ nickname. The double-profile booking image shows Galluccio facing both forward and in profile with an NYPD identification placard. The reverse bears contemporary handwritten identifying notations reading: "Frank Galluccio," his Brooklyn address ("264–6th Ave., Bklyn"), physical description ("43 yrs., 5'1½", 135, Grey hair, Blue eyes"), and occupation ("Barber"). In very good to fine condition, with light surface marks and scattered corner and edge wear.
In 1917, while working as a bartender and bouncer at Frankie Yale's Harvard Inn on Coney Island, Brooklyn, Al Capone reportedly made insulting remarks to the sister of Frank Galluccio. Offended by the comments, Galluccio confronted Capone and slashed him across the left side of his face with a knife, leaving the permanent scars that earned the future Chicago crime boss the enduring nickname "Scarface." Although later accounts differ on certain details of the altercation, historians agree that the attack stemmed from Capone's remarks toward Galluccio's sister and that Galluccio was responsible for the facial wounds. The dispute was eventually resolved, and the two men later reconciled, with Capone reportedly hiring Galluccio as a paid bodyguard during his subsequent visits to New York City.
