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| 1. |  | Moses Chapin 1849 (or later) Frederick Warren, Worcester City Marshall, with handcuffed prisoner Daguerreotype, 1/4 plate American Antiquarian Society Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society (scan #003580-0125) Marshall stands at right holding arm and collar of prisoner (back to camera) at left. |
| 2. |  | C.M. Couch n.d. Pembroke Tragedy. Spot where the body of Jose A. Langmaid was found near the post (Back) Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 440) |
| 3. |  | C.M. Couch n.d. Pembroke Tragedy. Spot where the body of Jose A. Langmaid was found near the post Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 440) |
| 4. |  | C.M. Couch n.d. Pembroke Tragedy. Spot where the body of Jose A. Langmaid was found near the post (Detail) Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 440) |
| 5. |  | News Service Photo 1921, 15 April Workmen Digging Ditch Half Moon Pond Murder Gelatin silver print 7 x 10 in Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery Caption: Workmen, digging ditch at Halfmoon Pond, Saugus to drain off water, the man at left is Wm. Hablitz, who saw Loud's auto standing side of the road about 10 oclock the night of the murder, the other man John Malloy. |
| 6. |  | Unidentified photographer 1938 Murder in Barroom (Royal Bar & Restaurant)à Manhattan Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 48) No imprint, but original paper slug. |
| 7. |  | Alphonse Bertillon 1901-1908 [Album of Paris Crime Scenes] Gelatin silver print 23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 ins) (page) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Paper Company Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2001, Accession Number: 2001.483.1-.172 |
| 8. |  | Alphonse Bertillon 1901-1908 [Album of Paris Crime Scenes] Gelatin silver print 23 x 29 cm (9 1/16 x 11 7/16 ins) (page) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Paper Company Collection, Purchase, The Howard Gilman Foundation Gift, 2001, Accession Number: 2001.483.1-.172 |
| 9. |  | Unidentified photographer 1963, 22 November Kennedy Assassination Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 79) From the original text slug: "Mortally wounded in the head and throat, the President slumped forward, his foot caught on the edge of the open car. A secret service agent bends over the stricken President while Mrs. Kennedy huddles over her husband to support him. Governor Connolly of Texas, who was also hit, and his wife, take cover in the front." This is a rare vintage photograph of the event, with the Camera Press stamp, as well as the stamp for the French Holmes-Lebel agency, plus other notations. |
| 10. |  | Yasuki Nagoa 1960 (taken) 1969 (possibly printed) Assassination of Socialist Leader Inejiro Asanuma Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 in (19.1 x 24.1 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 247) With a news agency stamp and mimeographed caption label affixed to verso. |
| 11. |  | Acme Newspictures 1938 Al Capone's Wife Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 42) The caption of the slug is "A Mink Cape covers the face of Gangster's Wife." She has just come from visiting her husband in Alcatraz, and has stopped at a San Francisco gas station. |
| 12. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Booth and his associates Carte de visite Private collection of Stuart Schneider |
| 13. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1861-1864 [Mrs. Rose O'Neal Greenhow, Confederate spy, during her imprisonment in the Old Capitol]. Silver gelatin print Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division LC-USZ62-3131 |
| 14. |  | Unidentified photographer n.d. Female brigand [Italian] Carte de visite, hand-painted Collezione della Fondazione Carispo di Spoleto |
| 15. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1903 (ca) Hardy. hung 1903, Nome Alaska Private collection of Nigel Maister This refers to the first man hanged in Alaska under judicial authority (as opposed to miner's courts authority). Here's a quote from A History of the Death Penalty in Alaska: First executions under judicial authority Spurred by the rapid growth of Alaska's population due to the Klondike Gold Rush, Congress in 1899 enacted the Code of Criminal Procedure for the Territory of Alaska, which made legal jury trials possible, provided for additional territorial judges, marshals, and district attorneys, and defined new crimes. The first two men executed in Alaska in the twentieth century were gold rush participants, but for the first time the courts that convicted them were authorized by law. Miner's courts had become a thing of the past. Fred Hardy, a white man, was convicted in 1901 of murdering and robbing three men on Unimak Island. He was hanged in the gold rush town of Nome in 1902. [Kindly provided by Nigel Maister] |
| 16. |  | Unidentified photographer 1932 (ca) Mme Jeanne Lacour Press photo, with crop markings Private collection of Nigel Maister French press photo readied/altered for publication, with the image of one Mme Jeanne Lacour who murdered her husband at Aulnay Sous Bois (a suburb north east of Paris; 8.5 miles from the centre of Paris) in 1932 |
| 17. |  | Weegee 1941, 16 January Cop Killer Gelatin silver print J. Paul Getty Museum © International Center of Photography [Getty: 84.XM.190.30] [Note: Alan Griffiths, 15 April 2015] This version is cropped on the left and to a lesser extent on the right. For comparison see the full version at the International Center of Photography, New York, USA. For an analysis of this photograph: Juliet Hacking (ed.), 2012, Photography: The Whole Story, (Prestel), pp. 274-275 |
| 18. |  | Unknown Artist (American School) 1865, 20 April [Broadside for Capture of Booth, Surratt, and Herold, April 20, 1865] Printed sheet with three albumen silver prints 60.5 x 31.3 cm (23 13/16 x 12 5/16 ins) (sheet) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Gift, through Joyce and Robert Menschel, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.96 |
| 19. |  | Unidentified photographer 1872 Prisoner 4100 Albumen print National Archives Catalogue Reference: PCOM 2/290 George Davey was sentenced to one month's hard labour in Wandsworth Prison in 1872 for stealing two rabbits. He was ten years old. |
| 20. |  | Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd 1884 John Williams, per Ld. [i.e. Lady] Montagu F.S., P.O. Latrobe, 13.3.84, larceny, 12 months, age 59 [Convict portraits, Port Arthur] Carte de visite National Library of Australia nla.pic-an24612797 No photographer name or studio stamp appears on these photographs. Formerly attributed to Thomas J. Nevin, the portraits are now considered more likely to have been taken by A.H. Boyd. See: Julia Clark "A question of attribution: Port Arthur's convict portraits", Journal of Australian Colonial History, Vol 12, 2010, p77-97. |
| 21. |  | Aldolarius Humphrey Boyd 1884 George Ormiston, [per] F.C. Monqund, 3 years, 5.2.84, horse stealing and uttering [Convict portraits, Port Arthur] Carte de visite National Library of Australia nla.pic-vn4270377 No photographer name or studio stamp appears on these photographs. Formerly attributed to Thomas J. Nevin, the portraits are now considered more likely to have been taken by A.H. Boyd. See: Julia Clark "A question of attribution: Port Arthur's convict portraits", Journal of Australian Colonial History, Vol 12, 2010, p77-97. |
| 22. |  | Alphonse Bertillon 1889 Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of 'La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise' Carte de visite Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery Police Studio anthropometric photograph - Bertillon system. |
| 23. |  | News Service (unspecified) 1930 (ca) Young man with his two wives Silver print 8 x 10 in Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery Caption reads : William Martin Russell, 24, an interior decorator with the two wiwes who he is futilely attempting to persuade not to prosecute him for bigamy. At the left is wife no.2. She was a divorcee, the former MrS. Florence Glick. She is 27 years of age. At the right is wife no1. She was a widow, the former Mrs. Letita Huthsing. She is 67 years old, white-haired and wealthy. She married William Russell in june of 1929. The case is arousing intense interest especially throughout the middlewest. |
| 24. |  | Alphonse Bertillon 1889 Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of 'La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise' Carte de visite, back Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery Police Studio anthropometric photograph - Bertillon system. |
| 25. |  | Unidentified photographer 1899, 6 September (before) Frederick Max Brockhaus [Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912] Photograph album page 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 ins (album) Ebay From an album of 22 men executed by the State of Connecticut between December 18, 1894 and March 29, 1912 at the Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield. The album was created by correctional officer James E. Officer and was presented to correctional officer "M. J. Redding". Each page contains a convict portrait and details of their crime. Ebay Item number: 280802431876, Sold: Jan 16, 2012, Seller: walnutts |
| 26. |  | Unidentified photographer 1897, 17 December (before) Nicodemo Impisino [Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912] Photograph album page 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 ins (album) Ebay From an album of 22 men executed by the State of Connecticut between December 18, 1894 and March 29, 1912 at the Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield. The album was created by correctional officer James E. Officer and was presented to correctional officer "M. J. Redding". Each page contains a convict portrait and details of their crime. Ebay Item number: 280802431876, Sold: Jan 16, 2012, Seller: walnutts |
| 27. |  | Unidentified photographer 1904, 17 November (before) Joseph Watson [Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912] Photograph album page 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 ins (album) Ebay From an album of 22 men executed by the State of Connecticut between December 18, 1894 and March 29, 1912 at the Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield. The album was created by correctional officer James E. Officer and was presented to correctional officer "M. J. Redding". Each page contains a convict portrait and details of their crime. Ebay Item number: 280802431876, Sold: Jan 16, 2012, Seller: walnutts |
| 28. |  | Unidentified photographer 1904, 17 November (before) Joseph Watson [Death Row Prisoners Hanged in Connecticut 1894-1912] Photograph album page 7 1/4 x 5 5/8 ins (album) Ebay From an album of 22 men executed by the State of Connecticut between December 18, 1894 and March 29, 1912 at the Connecticut State Prison, Wethersfield. The album was created by correctional officer James E. Officer and was presented to correctional officer "M. J. Redding". Each page contains a convict portrait and details of their crime. Ebay Item number: 280802431876, Sold: Jan 16, 2012, Seller: walnutts |
| 29. |  | Unidentified photographer 1907, 1 October A mugshot showing Patrick Lewis, a twenty-six-year-old "1/2 breed Indian" sailor from Snohomish, Washington, being held indefinitely for Grand Larceny Mugshot 4 x 5.5 in Paul Frecker Hand-written details on the reverse of the mount list his particulars, including his habits - 'Intemperance, Tobacco' - and the anchor tattooed in blue ink inside his right forearm. The pair of images together measure 4" by 5.5" (100 mm by 140 mm) and the print is mounted on a slightly larger piece of black Bristol board with printed borders. |
| 30. |  | Unidentified photographer 1900 Bertillon Type Mugshot, USA Gelatin silver print, carte de visite format 2.5 x 4.75 in Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 31. |  | Unidentified photographer 1898 "Wanted" Photo for Criminal Wm. L. Walsh Carte de visite Charles Schwartz Ltd Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#7912) Head-shot of a wanted criminal, with his personal details and his crime noted on the back of the card. |
| 32. |  | Unidentified photographer 1898 "Wanted" Photo for Criminal Wm. L. Walsh (Reverse) Carte de visite Charles Schwartz Ltd Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#7912) Head-shot of a wanted criminal, with his personal details and his crime noted on the back of the card. |
| 33. |  | Samuel G. Szabo 1860 (ca) Rogues, a Study of Characters Salted paper prints from glass negatives 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 ins) to 11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551 (1-45) |
| 34. |  | Samuel G. Szabo 1860 (ca) Rogues, a Study of Characters Salted paper prints from glass negatives 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 ins) to 11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551 (1-45) |
| 35. |  | Samuel G. Szabo 1860 (ca) Rogues, a Study of Characters Salted paper prints from glass negatives 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 ins) to 11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551 (1-45) |
| 36. |  | Samuel G. Szabo 1860 (ca) Rogues, a Study of Characters Salted paper prints from glass negatives 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 ins) to 11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551 (1-45) |
| 37. |  | Samuel G. Szabo 1860 (ca) Rogues, a Study of Characters Salted paper prints from glass negatives 8.8 x 6.6 cm (3 7/16 x 2 5/8 ins) to 11.5 x 8.8 cm (4 1/2 x 3 7/16 ins) Metropolitan Museum of Art Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551 (1-45) |
| 38. |  | Unidentified photographer 1897, 26 September Police identification photographs, Chicago Mugshot 6.2 x 10.2 cm Vintage-Photos |
| 39. |  | Unidentified Russian police photographer(s) 1890 (ca) Twenty Wanted Anarchist Women [Moscow] Albumen prints, each hand cut, retouched and annotated in Russian on 2-sided mount 13.7 x 23.9 cm CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 100 Some are sisters: 103 Kouzmina Mar[ia] 104 Boltachea Vassa 105 Gousseva Anna 106 Terenteva Tatiana 107 Dounaeva Maria 108 Alabina Alexandra 109 Babina Elena 110 Ossipova Vassilissa 111Mourina Ekaterina 112 Melnikova Ekaterina 113 Chliapnikova Nadezhda 114 Mastrukova Pelageia 115 Kouptzeva Anna 116 Grigorieva Maria 117Medova Endkovia 118 Blokhina Elizaveta 119 Goloviznova Elena 120 Paranenko Evdokia 121 Pouchkareva Olga 122 Pouchkareva Mitr |
| 40. |  | Unidentified Russian police photographer(s) 1890 (ca) Twenty Wanted Anarchist Women [Moscow] (detail) Albumen prints, each hand cut, retouched and annotated in Russian on 2-sided mount 13.7 x 23.9 cm CEROS - Jean-Mathieu Martini / Serge Plantureux Binoche et Giquello, épreuves choisies, 18 november 2010, lot no: 100 Only nine of the following are shown in this detail. Some are sisters: 103 Kouzmina Mar[ia] 104 Boltachea Vassa 105 Gousseva Anna 106 Terenteva Tatiana 107 Dounaeva Maria 108 Alabina Alexandra 109 Babina Elena 110 Ossipova Vassilissa 111Mourina Ekaterina 112 Melnikova Ekaterina 113 Chliapnikova Nadezhda 114 Mastrukova Pelageia 115 Kouptzeva Anna 116 Grigorieva Maria 117Medova Endkovia 118 Blokhina Elizaveta 119 Goloviznova Elena 120 Paranenko Evdokia 121 Pouchkareva Olga 122 Pouchkareva Mitr |
| 41. |  | Unidentified photographer 1907, 22 August Police identification photographs, Chicago Gelatin silver print, mugshot 7.5 x 11 cm Vintage-Photos |
| 42. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1886 Six professional criminals Book plate Google Books Published in "Professional Criminals of America" by Thomas Byrnes (New York: Cassell & Company, 1886) |
| 43. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1886 Six professional criminals Book plate Google Books Published in "Professional Criminals of America" by Thomas Byrnes (New York: Cassell & Company, 1886) |
| 44. |  | Unknown (American) 1918 Workhouse identity card for time served Identity card Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 45. |  | Unknown (American) n.d. Mug shot - Escapee wanted for murder Gelatin silver print Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 46. |  | Unknown (India) n.d. Prisoner Albumen print 4 x 5 in Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm |
| 47. |  | William Saunders 1870-1880 Three women in a cangue [Shanghai] Albumen print 26 x 19.5 cm Dennis George Crow Courtesy of Dennis George Crow (www.dennisgeorgecrow.com) This photograph has often been wrongly dated in many publications as 1907. It is a well known image taken by Saunders in the 1870s. |
| 48. |  | Unidentified photographer 1880 (ca) Chinese Prisoners in Cangues Albumen print 8.5 in (21.59 cm) x 10.75 in (27.31 cm) Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3jc571) |
| 49. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Chinese criminals in cangues Private collection of Nigel Maister A cangue is a device that was used for public humiliation and corporal punishment in China and some other parts of East Asia and Southeast Asia, until the early years of the twentieth century. It was somewhat similar to the stocks used for punishment in the West, except that the board of the cangue was not fixed to a base, and had to be carried around by the prisoner. Although there are many different forms, a typical cangue would consist of a large, heavy flat board with a hole in the center large enough for a person's neck. The board consisted of two pieces. These pieces were closed around a prisoner's neck, and then fastened shut along the edges by locks or hinges. The opening in the center was large enough for the prisoner to breathe and eat, but not large enough for a head to slip through. The prisoner was confined in the cangue for a period of time as a punishment. The size and especially weight were varied as a measure of severity of the punishment. Often the cangue was large enough that the prisoner required assistance to eat or drink, because his hands could not reach his own mouth. The word "cangue" is French, from the Portuguese "canga," which means yoke - that carrying tool has also been used to the same effect, with the hands tied to each arm of the yoke. |
| 50. |  | John Thomson 1873-1874 (Published) The Convict Book illustration Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library John Thomson, Illustrations of China and Its People, a Series of Two Hundred Photographs with Letterpress Description of the Places and People Represented, 4 vols. (London: Sampson Low, Marston Low, and Searle, 1873 [vols. 1 and 2] and 1874 [vols. 3 and 4]), Vol.3 |
| 51. |  | John Thomson 1873-1874 (Published) The Cage Book illustration Yale University, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library John Thomson, Illustrations of China and Its People, a Series of Two Hundred Photographs with Letterpress Description of the Places and People Represented, 4 vols. (London: Sampson Low, Marston Low, and Searle, 1873 [vols. 1 and 2] and 1874 [vols. 3 and 4]), Vol.3 |
| 52. |  | Unidentified photographer 1880 (ca) Death by Strangulation, Canton, China Albumen print 5.125 in (13.02 cm) x 7.875 in (20.00 cm) Antiq-Photo Courtesy of Anthony Davis (3jc569) |
| 53. |  | John Thomson 1871 An unfortunate thief, Amoy 1871, with thumbs amputated. Glass plate Wellcome Collection Wellcome Library, London (L0018874) |
| 54. |  | Walker Evans 1935 (ca) Three Members of a Prison Work Gang, possibly Louisiana Gelatin silver print 5 1/2 x 7 7/8 in Lee Gallery Courtesy of Lee Gallery (W1030) |
| 55. |  | Walker Evans 1935 (ca) Two Members of a Prison Work Gang, possibly Louisiana Gelatin silver print 5 1/2 x 6 5/8 in Lee Gallery Courtesy of Lee Gallery (W1029) |
| 56. |  | Danny Lyon 1968 Texas (Men Hoeing) Barry Singer Gallery |
| 57. |  | Danny Lyon 1969 Hoe Sharpener and the Line Gelatin silver print 7 5/8 x 11 7/16 ins George Eastman Museum |
| 58. |  | Jack Delano 1941, May In the Convict Camp in Greene County, Georgia Gelatin silver print 9 x 9 ins Howard Greenberg Gallery Inventory no: 0002485 Signed and edition in pencil on print recto. |
| 59. |  | O.P. Annex n.d. O.P. Annex Souvenir. Photos made from Life. Price 25 Cents. Cabinet card Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm A gallery of 23 men and the electric chair that was used to execute them. The reverse contains their crimes and the dates they were executed. |
| 60. |  | Tom Howard 1928 Execution of Ruth Synder Silver contact print, warm-toned 1 1/2 x 2 in (3.8 x 5 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 126) On the original mount, with handwritten notations "Ruth Snyder in chair" on mount recto. One of the most famous tabloid photographs of the 20th century, New York photojournalist Tom Howard took the picture with a hidden miniature camera, which was strapped to his ankle. A close-up of Snyder appeared on the front page of New York Daily News with the headline: "DEAD!" The picture was so extraordinary that the newspaper ran an additional 750,000 copies to meet public demand. |
| 61. |  | Roy Dickens 1960 Execution of Caryl Chessman Gelatin silver print 12 x 10 ins Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 53) Chessman had been condemned to death in 1948, for being the "Red Light Bandit." He remained on death row, but his execution was extended until 1960, as he won several appeals. During that time he wrote several best-selling books. There was wide public opposition to his execution, supported by many notable figures. Finally he was executed in the gas chamber of San Quinten. This is an amazing group of 7 large 12" x 10" gelatin silver prints by Roy Dickens that show Chessman strapped to the chair in the gas chamber. In one, the guard seems to be waving the photographer away. Chessman himself appears drugged, passive. It is hard to believe the photographer had such intimate access. The photographs have Dickens' credit stamp and a French credit to the London Bureau. |
| 62. |  | Eddie Adams 1968 Execution of a Viet Cong Officer Gelatin silver print, ferrotyped 7 x 8 1/2 in (17.8 x 21.6 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 22, 2009, Photographs & Photographic Literature, Sale 2191 Lot 256) With a caption label in the negative and the Plain Dealer Library hand stamp and notations on verso. |
| 63. |  | Alexander Gardner 1865, 7 July (taken) Hanging Carte de visite Private collection of Stuart Schneider |
| 64. |  | Waller Overton Bullock 1908 Russellville Mob [Lynching, Kentucky, USA] Kentucky Virtual Library Transylvania University, Bullock Photograph Collection, ca.1880-1953 (ktu:pa1:568) |
| 65. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. Grave marker of Frank Parish ("Hanged Jan 14 1864") Private collection of Nigel Maister Parish was an outlaw who, along with four others ("The Montana Five"), was hanged in Virginia City Montana--the subject of his guilt seems apparently to still be subject to question. |
| 66. |  | Unidentified photographer 2003 Abu Ghraib Prison Digital image Various sizes Source requested Now, digital imaging allows soldiers themselves to document and tell their uncensored stories of war. The grainy, amateur snapshots made of prisoners being abused by the guards in Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, distributed by email and eventually on the Internet, were deemed so powerfully disturbing and shameful that the U.S. government tried to suppress them. Changes in who is making and circulating pictures are evolving with the widespread use of web logs (blogs) and alternative news and open reference websites. The character of imagemaking and its distribution is challenging old journalistic approaches creating new and diverse ways of seeing, understanding, and knowing our world. These images also demonstrate the veracity of digital images can be authenticated within the structure of reliable journalistic process. See André Gunthert. "Digital Imaging Goes to War," Photographies, 2008, 1:1, 103-112. |
| 67. |  | André Adolphe-Eugène Disdéri 1850s (ca) Suppliciés (Louis Napoleon Album, Heads of Executed Men) Carte de visite 4 x 2 1/2 ins George Eastman Museum |
| 68. |  | Felice Beato 1869 (published) Executioner and criminal Book illustration Google Books R. Mounteney Jephson and Edward Pennell Elmhirst, 9th Regiment, Our Life in Japan. With illustrations from Photographs by Lord Walter Kerr, Signor Beato, and Native Japanese drawings, (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869), p.30 |
| 69. |  | Felice Beato 1869 (published) Head of Matsudaira, one of the Kamakura Assassins Book illustration Google Books R. Mounteney Jephson and Edward Pennell Elmhirst, 9th Regiment, Our Life in Japan. With illustrations from Photographs by Lord Walter Kerr, Signor Beato, and Native Japanese drawings, (London: Chapman and Hall, 1869), p.32 |
| 70. |  | Keystone View Company n.d. 9956. Execution by the Garrote in the Yard of the City Prison, Havana, Cuba Stereoview Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics |
| 71. |  | Keystone View Company n.d. 9956. Execution by the Garrote in the Yard of the City Prison, Havana, Cuba Stereoview, detail Jeffrey Kraus Antique Photographics |
| 72. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. The Dungeon in the Old Spanish Fort, from which Wild Cat, a Celebrated Seminole Indian, made his escape [Florida, Land of Flowers and Tropical Scenery] Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 331) |
| 73. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist n.d. The Dungeon in the Old Spanish Fort, from which Wild Cat, a Celebrated Seminole Indian, made his escape (Detail) [Florida, Land of Flowers and Tropical Scenery] Stereocard Jefferson Stereoptics Courtesy of John Saddy (Auction, Tues. May 23rd & Thurs. May 25th, 2006, # 06-2, Lot 331) |
| 74. |  | Lockwood (Ripon, Wis) n.d. Untitled view of prison interior [Wisconsin Scenery] Stereocard Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) |
| 75. |  | Ernsberger & Ray n.d. View of prison cells Stereocard Stereoviews: Stereoviews and Fine 19th & 20th Century Antique Photographs Courtesy of David Spahr (www.stereoviews.com) |
| 76. |  | Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii 1905-1915 Zindan (prison), with inmates looking out through the bars and a guard with Russian rifle, uniform, and boots, Central Asia Digital Color composite from digital file from glass neg Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division Prokudin-Gorskii Collection [LC-DIG-prokc-20130] |
| 77. |  | Charles Nègre 1865 Prison of the Iron Mask Albumen print 6 1/4 x 8 1/2 in (15.9 x 21.6 cm) Swann Galleries - New York Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Feb 7, 2008, #2135, Lot 29) With the title and date, in ink, and NÞgre's name in the printed decorative border on mount recto. From the Bert Hartkamp Collection, Amsterdam; to the present owner in 2003. This photograph depicts the prison where the notorious man with the iron mask was incarcerated. The legends surrounding this mysterious prisoner, including Alexander Dumas''s classic novel, continue to this day in films, poetry, television programs, and theatrical works. In the 19th century, however, Parisians believed that the masked prisoner was actually the twin brother of King Louis XIV, imprisoned because he was seen as a threat to the throne. His mask was maintained under penalty of death to prevent anyone from knowing his true identity. The question of who his patrimony was also greatly debated, with the possibilities including the Duke of Buckingham, a monk called Fiacre, Louis XIII, and Cardinal Mazarin. Most believed his mother was Queen Anne of Austria, the wife of Louis XIII. Colorful stories associated with the figure were perpetuated by writers no less than Voltaire, who wrote that the masked man had tried to communicate his true identity to the outside world by writing on a silver plate and throwing it from his prison window to the river running beside the Bastille. Popular myth perpetuated the notion he wore an iron helmut-like mask with a moveable, hinged jaw. Later research revealed that, in fact, the mask was made of black velvet. |
| 78. |  | Unidentified photographer / artist 1881 (after) Clifton, Arizona, jail National Archives and Records Administration 111-SC-89496 Built about 1881 by Lezinsky Bros., original owners of the copper mines at Clifton. Contract for blasting cells in face of cliff secured by a Mexican, Margarito Barela, who was its first prisoner imprisoned for a`shooting up' celebration. |
| 79. |  | Weegee 1942 (ca) A Night in the Cells Gelatin silver print 13 9/16 x 10 9/16 Barry Singer Gallery |
| 80. |  | United Press 1935 Angelo Herndon, Black Communist Leader Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 58) As a labor organizer for black workers in Georgia, he was sentenced to 20 years in the chain gang. Public outcry led to his release in 1934. Here he is seen on tour in 1935, in a mock up of his prison cell. He was sentenced again, and finally released in 1937. |
| 81. |  | Unidentified photographer 1963 The Last Prisoners at Alcatraz Gelatin silver print Larry Gottheim, Be-hold, Inc Courtesy of Larry Gottheim - Be-Hold (54 / 97 There is no credit or agency stamp for these great images, but "PRISON E.U. ALCATRAZ" and 1963 stamps, plus pencil notes in French. |
| 82. |  | Unidentified photographer 1955 African American boy in prison, State Training and Agricultural School for Colored Boys Pikeville, Tennessee Gelatin silver print 7 1/8 x 9 ins La Bonne Vivante The caption on the back reads: DISCIPLINED A juvenile prisoner lies on a cot in one of several disciplinary cells in the State Training and Agricultural School for Colored Boys in Pikeville, Tenn. The cells are for boys who get into trouble at schoo. Some institutions have abolished such jail cells. The term "reform" schol has been changed in many places to "training" or "industrial" school. -Associated Press When children get too troublesome, the community tends to thrust them behind remote institutional walls where it can forget their existence for a spell. Interest is reawakened only when some dramatic event usually of a tragic nature propels the institution before the public eye. Take the case of Pikeville, for example. The Tennessee State Agricultural and Training School for Colored Boys at Pikeville was described by Osborne Association investigators in 1940 as "the most desolate and forbidding" institution for delinquents covered in their nation-wide survey. It stands on a mountaintop, seven miles from the nearest highway. The site was chosen because a coal mine is nearby, and ever since the school was established in 1917 the child inmates have mined coal. For years reports made by horrified experts on conditions at Pikeville failed to arouse a response from the local citizenry. Then, in November 1944, the wife and daughter of the Pikeville superintendent white persons were murdered. At last the citizens were aroused. A posse marched on the institution and lynched a sixteen-year-old inmate suspected of the crime. After that they sank back into their accustomed somnolence. In 1945, a committee of citizens led by Bishop E. P. Dandridge inspected the institution and reported to the Governor of Tennessee. Their report stated: The dining-room was cold, with broken windows and doors, gloomy, dirty and bad-smelling. The food was prepared by the boys themselves. The arrangements were unsanitary. There were no tables. The boys sat on long rough benches, and their plates and bowls were placed on horizontal boards fastened on the back of the bench. The boys ate in silence. The dormitories were cold, dirty and disorderly. In one room there were forty-three beds for ninety-three boys. Many beds had broken springs or no springs, and in many cases the mattresses rested on the floor. Each bed had a blanket and a mattress unspeakably filthy. The boys said they slept naked, two or three in a bed, and this was confirmed by the guards. There is no school of any sort at present. There is no vocational training. There is no religious instruction. Many civic organizations in Tennessee, white and Negro, tried without success to get legislative sanction for removing the state training school for colored boys to a more appropriate site. However, the Pikeville reform school still stands on its gloomy mountaintop, virtually inaccessible to visitors, but conveniently close to a coal mine. -Our Neglected Children. By Albert Deutsch 1951Punishments at Boys Colored School (1938) -- Corporal punishment is permitted by law and is the definite policy of the institution. The school principal administers all whippings. He uses a leather strap, 20" long, 1¢" wide, and 1/8" thick, which it was said is applied to the clothed buttocks of the boys. All whippings take place in the school building in the presence of the entire population. From one to ten licks are given, depending on the estimated seriousness of the offense and on the boy's reputation in the institution. The school principal stated that approximately fifteen boys are whipped every month. Boys may also be set back in the date of their release as a form of punishment. Segregation is not resorted to, largely because there is no available space à No records of disciplinary actions are kept. |
| 83. |  | C. Allen 1856, 2 June For a fortnight - Photographic Portraits Book page Google Books Illustrated Life and Career of William Palmer of Rugeley (London: Ward and Lock, 1856), p.103. On June 2nd, in the present year, a peripatetic photographer took up his quarters in the rear of Palmer's house, who forthwith issued the following announcement : FOR A FORTNIGHT. PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAITS. C. ALLEN Respectfully informs the Ladies, Gentry, and Inhabitants of Rugeley that he can produce A VERY SUPERIOR PHOTOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT, In Gilt and other Frames, From one Shilling to One Guinea. And solicits their patronage at the rear of the Premises lately occupied ?? W. Palmer. Specimens may be seen at Mr. James's, Bookseller. Commencing at 10 o'Clock Mornings, until 6 in the Evenings. RUGELEY, June 2nd, 1856. The number of fashionably-dressed persons who journey over to Rugeley from the surrounding districts to obtain a sight of Palmer's house, is positively astounding. The photographer, no doubt, calculates upon a large proportion of these being seduced into returning home with such an interesting souvenir as their own portraits, actually taken off in Palmer's back garden. [The case of Dr. William Palmer was a notorious posoning case in England and when he was publicly executed in Stafford at 8.00 a.m. on Saturday June 14th 1856 around 30,000 came to watch. There is a book on the case by Dave Lewis The Rugeley Poisoner - Dr. William Palmer, the "Prince of Poisoners" (artloaf, 2003).] |
| 84. |  | 1934 Wanted poster for John Dillinger. On 22 July 1934 the homicidal criminal John Dillinger was killed in the street by FBI agents after coming out of the Biograph Theater in Chicago. Poster U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| 85. |  | Unknown Artist (American School) 1934 [John Dillinger's Feet, Chicago Morgue] Gelatin silver print 4 11/16 x 7 13/16 ins (11.9 x 19.8 cm) Metropolitan Museum of Art Purchase, Marks Family Foundation Gift, 2001, Accession Number: 2001.677 |
| 86. |  | 2002 This poster depicts Felicien Kabuga, who is wanted for genocide in Rwanda Poster U.S. Department of State |