119
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(CRIME)
Binder containing 13 crime photographs relating to the death of a “pretty young flapper,” Dorothy
Heinzelman Peacox, a year after her marriage to Earle Peacox (who was convicted of second-degree
murder and sentenced to a 20-year prison term).With scenes of the trial, Earle’s paramour (Frances
Newman), the scene of the crime, and Dorothy’s watch. Silver prints, 9
1
/
2
x7
1
/
2
inches (24.1x19.1 cm.),
and the reverse, many with notations, in pencil, on verso. 1929
[600/900]
120
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(CRIME)
A warden’s book detailing prisoners received at California prison San Quentin, March 1935-
December 1935.With approximately 1100 mugshots and entries, including robbers, rapists, wife
abandoners, thieves, murders, and burglars, primarily including white males, but also some minorities
and women. Silver prints, each approximately 3x2
1
/
2
inches (7.6x6.4 cm.), mounted recto/verso,
usually 3 to a side, and with the prisoner’s name, crime, age, physical description, occupation, place
of origin, and criminal history typed into the red-ruled printed sheets, also sometimes with a parole
or discharge date penciled in. Folio, buckram cloth with a twin-bolt binding; worn. 1935
[5,000/7,000]
From the Collection of Jamis MacNiven.
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Lot 120
