Collection of five mug shots of African Americans arrested and sentenced to prison time between 1908 and 1979. Photographs accompanied by detailed physical descriptions of the arrested. Included in the collection are Booker Davis (arrested January 28, 1921, Oklahoma City), Charles Lee Walker (photograph taken 1978 or 1979, no place given), Henry Love (arrested January 9, 1917, Marysville, California), John Henry Lee (arrested May 18, 1908, Los Angeles, California), and Romeo? Brown Green (undated, San Francisco, California).

• approximately 1908-1978

• Turner, Steve (Art dealer)

5 photographs : print ; sheets 15 x 15 cm or smaller

still image

Title supplied by cataloger.

• United States

• African American criminals
• African Americans
• Photographs
• Prisoners

• image

• No linguistic content; Not applicable

Mms: 991023439763806535

[California]

Public domain (US)

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2021-12-16