Lot 125
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(MALE OFFENDERS)
Group of 150 mug shots of male offenders in Philadelphia, many of whom are identified as a
“professional thief,” others were arraigned for burglary, pickpocketing, larceny, or operating an illegal
lottery; 100 are African-American and 50 are Caucasian. Silver prints, 3
1
/
2
x4
1
/
2
inches (8.9x 11.4
cm.), with a “Criminal Identification Unit Police Department Phila., Penn.” hand stamp on verso
containing basic information about the defendant. 1960-1962
[1,200/1,800]
From the Collection of John Binder.
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(“HOOCH”VERNACULAR)
Binder containing striking pictures of “moonshiners” picked up throughout Georgia (Athens,
Atlanta, Cornelia, Gainesville, and Newnan), in which smirking citizens are clearly thumbing their
noses at federal government’s laws and regulations prohibiting the production of high-proof distilled
spirits. Comprising 13 single prints, 18 diptychs, and 5 with 4 images on a sheet.The photographs
depict men holding chalkboards with their name, date of arrest, location and number (handwritten),
and others with a letter board and caption “Alcohol and Tobacco Tax,” plus a couple of pictures of
alcohol-making equipment; some of the moonshiners with a printed “personal history of the
defendant” laid in. Silver prints, 10x8 inches (25.4x20.3 cm.), and smaller. 1960s
[1,500/2,500]
WITH
—
Group of 43 images of stills and some of the backwoods production facilities that were raided;
and 22 additional photographs from the Bureau of Alcohol,Tobacco and Firearms, including photographic
diagrams of stills and the original sites where “white lightning” was produced. Silver prints, 10x8 inches
and smaller. 1940s-1960s.
From the Collection of John Binder.
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