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CRIME PHOTOGRAPHY

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General Scene In Front Of House
Where Bandit, George McGuire, Was Shot.
189-16th Street, Brooklyn, New York

8 x 9 1/2 inch Silver Print
Annotations in pencil on the verso
May, 1932
$65.00

Exterior Of Building Where Roderick Roberts
Was Shot and Killed
339 Bridge Street, Brooklyn, New York

8 x 9 1/2 inch Silver Print Marked For Publication
Annotations in pencil on the verso.
Picture caption from newspaper attached.
February 29, 1932
$85.00

Dieters, Believed Suicide, Returns To Face Grand Jury & Tell Story

Underwood & Underwood
6 1/2 X 8 1/2 inch silver print, 1923
Slug attached
$150.00

CRIME RELATED NEWS PHOTOGRAPHS

Mother Held In Baby Death Plunge,
Los Angeles

Press Association Inc.
6 3/4 X 10 1/2 inch silver print,
tear in right corner
$350.00

Alleged Leader Of Omaha Mob Wounded In Fight For Negro

Underwood & Underwood
6 X 8 inches
Slug attached
$75.00

Former School Grid Star, Confessed Stickup Man And Alleged Slayer

Underwood & Underwood
6 1/2 X 8 1/2 inch silver print, 1923
Slug attached
$125.00

Crowd In Front Of Building,
348 East 77th Street,
Where Catherine Gore Was Slain

Anonymous News Photograph
Silver Print
8 X 10 inches
Marked For Publication
$65.00

Flings Baby Off Bridge & Then Leaps To Own Death

Wide World Photos
Silver Print, 1932
7 X 9 inches
Slug attached
$175.00

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Wedding Plans Halted By Charge Of Burglary

Underwood & Underwood
8 X 10 inch silver print, 1925
Slug attached
$75.00

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Rector Killed By 4 Shots..Younger Priest Is Held

Underwood & Underwood
8 X 10 inch silver print, 1923
Slug attached
$50.00

Case No. 6295, Operation of 6 Illicit Distilleries

Anonymous
10 1/4 X 13 1/2 inch Silver Print
Synopsis and pictures relating to the case
$250.00

Narcotics Plant

Anonymous
11 X 14 inch Silver Print
$350.00

Case No. 6007-M, Conspiracy

Anonymous
10 1/4 X 13 1/2 inch Silver Print
$250.00


*Police Department, City Of New York. Mug Shot, Francis A. Dee, Grand Larceny.* 1914. 3 x 5 1/4 inches. $35.00**		*Bureau Of Identification, Department Of Police, San Francisco. Mug Shot, John Harris, Fugitive. 1917.* 5 1/2 x 6 inches. $50.00**

Mug Shot Photograph. 1898. Pittsburgh PA. Bureau of Police. 3 1/2 x 5 1/4 inches John Soyak, Murderer. Born in Hungary. All information including Bertillion Measurements are given on the back. $50.00		Mug Shot Photograph. 1910. Pittsburgh PA. Bureau of Police. 3 x 5 1/4 inches Frank Concetti arrested for Larceny. Born in Italy. All information including Bertillion Measurements are given on the back. $50.00