Collection of Police Photographs of Con Men and other Fraudsters
[1970-1982]
Booking photographs of several dozen men, most taken in the mid to late 1970s.
Very good +.
Price: $1,250.00
Booking photographs of several dozen men, most taken in the mid to late 1970s.
Very good +.
Price: $1,250.00
With police notes on subjects' identities, often including their known associates and aliases, physical descriptions, and alleged crimes, most of which involve low-level fraud and confidence scams. A small sampling: "Pimp - Con Man," "Sells T.V. Con Game," "Project Robberies," "Had Chicago Police Badge / Impersonates Police," "Con Game (Handkerchief Switch)," "Pastes One Dollar To Tens / Paste Corner of Ten on Ones," "String Man." A vivid vernacular collection from the height of 1970s urban decay, reflecting both its causes and its toll.
[Chicago]: n.p, [1970-1982]. Collection of 70 photographs, Most formal posed mug shots in color (4'' x 5'' approx.) with a small number of black and white photos and Polaroid snapshots. Majority of photographs have notes in pen handwritten on versos. Housed in a new archival box. Very good plus overall.
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