Photographer Unknown: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation
Photographer Unknown: Pier 24 Photography from the Pilara Family Foundation
Photographer Unknown
Photographs and Records from the Philadelphia Police Department
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 3, 02:22 PM GMT
Estimate
5,000 - 7,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Photographer Unknown
Photographs and Records from the Philadelphia Police Department
a group of approximately 55 crime scene photographs, mugshots, line-ups, morgue scenes, and typed records related to criminal activity in the Philadelphia and Camden area, 1920s and 1930s
various sizes to 9 by 7 in. (22.9 by 17.8 cm.) or the reverse
Collection of John Binder
Swann Auction Galleries, New York, 17 April 2014, Sale 2345, Lot 118
Included among the mugshots are photographs of Tony Testa, a known associate of Anthony Tamburro (alias "Jack Buckles") and Saverio Damiano (alias Johnny “The Wop” Farrara).