Police Crime Scene Photo Album

$5,000 · Offered by Biblioctopus

Portland: 1948. Photo album 15 1/4” X 11 1/2” with 115 Weegee like crime scene photographs shot by a Portland Oregon policeman that are equal parts gruesome and businesslike. Many of the photographs have handwritten captions, in white ink, often with gallows humor. Oblong 4to, paper boards, “Photographs” in gilt on the cover, and 75 string–tied pages. The pictures range from 3 1/2” X 2 1/2” to 8” X 10”. Edges of the binding worn, else

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