Lot 272
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January 8, 2018
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272 •(FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION)
G-men archive of 145 physical and crime scene investigation training photographs.
With documentary-style images capturing various methods of combat, such as martial arts and drive-by shooting with automatic weapons; investigative techniques, from bullet and blood analysis to fingerprinting, crime scene examinations, and mugshot filing; and pictures of top guns, including J. Edgar Hoover, the Bureau's first director. Silver prints, the images measuring 8x10 inches (20.3x25.4 cm.), and the reverse, each with a detailed caption in the negative, and an Official F.B.I. hand stamp on verso. Circa 1939
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