192 / 232
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(GAS MASKS)
A group of 26 chilling photographs depicting people wearing gas masks.
Approximately 19 appear to relate directly
to the military, while other images portray protesters, concerned civilians, and a team of police. Silver
prints, ranging in size from 6
3
/
4
x5 to 11x8 inches (17.1x12.7 to 27.9x20.3 cm.), some with captions in
the negative, and others with mounted, typed captions or notations, on verso. 1930s-70s
[800/1,200]
236
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(CRIME)
A noteworthy group of approximately 86 crime photographs, apparently related to post-war Japan and California.
With images of crime scenes, including car accidents and grisly deaths (where many of the victims
appear to be of Asian descent), as well as images taken inside a morgue.The group also includes artfully
arranged photographs of evidence (including a table piled with marijuana) and firearms, and portraits
of men who may be accused criminals. A few of the images have references to Kobe Base and show
men wearing dogtags and Japanese currency, but others show evidence tags from California. Silver
prints, 3
1
/
2
x4
3
/
4
inches (8.9x12.1 cm.), and the reverse. Circa 1950
[1,800/2,200]
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(KU KLUX KLAN—OHIO)
Panorama entitled
Women of the Ku Klux Klan, Montgomery Co., Court No. 5, Realm of Ohio at
Greenville.
Silver print, 7
1
/
4
x30 inches (18.4x76.2 cm.), with the title, full date, and the credit of C.
Zimmerman, Photographer, Lima, O, in the negative; in a period frame. 1924
[1,000/1,500]
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