5th Jun, 2024 18:00

OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024

 
  Lot 1
 

AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHER
Ten index cards with mugshots, Pennsylvania 1913-15

Estimate
€1,000 - €1,600
 

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Lot details

Start price: €800

Estimate: € 1.000–1.600

English:

10 Index cards, each with one profile and one frontal portrait, vintage silver prints on glossy paper, each 6,9 x 6,3 cm, in good condition. Handwritten and typographic notations on personal data, body measurements, "marks, scars and moles" and the number of registered fingerprints of the accused, recorded by the Bureau of Identification at the police department of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Reg. No. 1019: Robert B. Green, painter, arrested on December 13, 1913 for "Forgery"; Reg. No. 1020: Horace Shelly Minichan, steamfitter, arrested on January 23, 1914 for "Fel-Entry & Larceny"; Reg. No. 1028: Tony Waituk, laborer, arrested on March 30, 1914 for "Larceny"; Reg. No. 1042: Frank Gorman, Fireman, arrested on April 5, 1914 for "Larceny"; Reg. No. 1054: Harry Cuppenhaver Snope, chaffeur, arrested on July 18, 1914 for "Forgery"; Reg. No. 1058: Harry F. Burns, book-keeper, arrested on August 22, 1914 for "False Pretense"; Reg. No. 1074: John James Coates, laborer, arrested on November 11, 1914 for "Robbery"; Reg. No. 1077: Allen J. Silks, R.R. engineer, arrested on December 1, 1914 for "Larceny (Shoplifting)"; Reg. No. 1082: Arthur R. Frantz, electrician, arrested on January 6, 1915 for "Burglary"; Reg. No. 1083: George Robinson, porter-pedler, arrested on January 21, 1915 for "Larceny".

* Fully Taxed

Deutsch:

10 Karteikarten von Kriminellen, mit je einem Profil- und einem Frontalporträt, Vintage-Silbergelatineabzüge auf glänzendem Papier, je 6,9 x 6,3 cm, in gutem Zustand. Handschriftliche und typografische Angaben zu personenbezogenen Daten, Körpermaßen, Flecken, Narben, Muttermale und die Anzahl der registrierten Fingerabdrücke der Beschuldigten, aufgezeichnet vom erkennungsdienstlichen Büro der Polizei in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Reg. No. 1019: Robert B. Green, Maler, verhaftet am 13. Dezember 1913 für Fälschung; Reg. No. 1020: Horace Shelly Minichan, Dampferbauer, verhaftet am 23. Jänner 1914 für wiederholten Diebstahl; Reg. No. 1028: Tony Waituk, Hilfsarbeiter, verhaftet am 30. März 1914 für Diebstahl; Reg. No. 1042: Frank Gorman, Feuerwehrmann, verhaftet am 5. April 1914 für Diebstahl; Reg. No. 1054: Harry Cuppenhaver Snope, Chauffeur, verhaftet am 18. Juli 1914 für Betrug; Reg. No. 1058: Harry F. Burns, Buchhalter, verhaftet am 22. August 1914 für Irreführung; Reg. No. 1074: John James Coates, Hilfsarbeiter, verhaftet am 11. November 1914 für Raub; Reg. No. 1077: Allen J. Silks, Eisenbahn-Ingenieur, verhaftet am 1. Dezember 1914 für Ladendiebstahl; Reg. No. 1082: Arthur R. Frantz, Elektriker, verhaftet am 6. Jänner 1915 für Einbruch; Reg. No. 1083: George Robinson, Gepäckträger, verhaftet am 21. Jänner 1915 für Diebstahl.

* Vollbesteuert

Size: 15,2 x 15,5 cm

 

Auction: OSTLICHT PHOTO AUCTION SPRING 2024, 5th Jun, 2024

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