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LL/35052
Unidentified photographer / artist
1886, 6 May
A Terrible Moment

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Published in "Life" (New York), Volume 7, No.175, May 6, 1886, p.256.
 
A Terrible Moment
 
"Great Scott," said a convicted pickpocket, as he struggled to break loose, "you are not going to take my photograph, I hope?"
 
"Yes, for the Rogues' Gallery."
 
"Oh," he exclaimed, with a look of intense relief, "go ahead then. I was afraid you were going to make a woodcut of it for the New York World.
 
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