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T.A. CRIME COLLECTION:“Willie ‘Wimp’in His Cadillac Car Casket”(1962)

Willie M. (“Wimp”) Stokes Jr. lies dead in his Cadillac car casket,1984.

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CRIME COLLECTION:“Chicago Gangland Murder Scene”(1950′s)

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CRIME COLLECTION:“Texas Tower Sniper Killed”(1966)

Charles Whitman University,Texas. Tower sniper killed. 1966

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PRESS COLLECTION:“Mexican American Youth Killed”(1971)

Mexican American Youth Killed Chicano Riot LA Dead on Sidewalk. Photo is dated 1971.

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L.A. COLLECTION:“Watts Riots Looter is Shot by Police”(1965)

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PRISON COLLECTION:“Morgue”(1971)

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CRIME COLLECTION:“Corpse of Bank Robber”(1957)

Bank Guard and retired police officer,Ed Vyzral,shot this hold up man during an attempted robbery at Chicago Savings and Loan on State MORE

KANSAS COLLECTION:“Teen Boy Suicide”(1961)

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L.A. TIMES:“RFK Assassination”(1968)

June 5,1968:Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy lies on the floor at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles moments after he was shot MORE

L.A. COLLECTION:“Spurned lover slaying…Burbank”(1951)

Spurned lover slaying…Burbank,27 October 1951. Frank W. Cairns —28 years (suspect in Valley Jail);Officer Lou G. Bennett (examines high-powered deer MORE

LA COLLECTION:“Husband Shot Accidentally”(1951)

Husband shot accidentally,29 July 1951. Mrs. Idell Betty Sholts —31 years;Elmer L. Sholts (body) —56 years.

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PRESS COLLECTION:“Ringling Brothers Circus Tragedy”(1947)

Tragedy struck the Alzana Aerial troupe during the final Miami showing of Ringling Brothers,Barnum and Bailey Circus. Harold Alzana,was to ride a MORE

WAR COLLECTION:“Demonstration of Beheading”(1946)

Three Japanese soldiers demonstrate at a war crimes trial in Japan how an American B-29 Flyer,2nd Lt Darwin Emry of Denver,was beheaded.

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DETROIT COLLECTION:“Hotel Guest Killed”(1967)

Detroit hotel Guest shot and killed during Race Riots. Photo is dated Jul 26,1967 showing the Hotel Window were Mrs Helen Hall was MORE

CARL MYDANS:“Dead Boy in Manila Street”(1940′s)

DEAD BOY IN MANILA STREET,1940′s,BY CARL MYDANS…The girls hurry by,holding their noses.

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ACME NEWSPICTURES:“Body in Trunk –Davenport,Iowa”(1946)

BODY IN TRUNK,DAVENPORT,IOWA,1946. The sheriff examines with a magnifying glass,the analysis kit on the ground. Acme Newspictures credit,with paper MORE

ACME NEWSPICTURES:“Murder in Royal Bar”(1938)

“MURDER IN BARROOM (ROYAL BAR &RESTAURANT) …MANHATTAN.”

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ACME NEWSPICTURES:“Body of John Dillinger”(1934)

“BODY OF JOHN DILLINGER,DESPARADO…. LAST RIDE TO MORGUE.”

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LYNCHING COLLECTION:“Postcard of a Lynching”

Postcard of a Lynching

Text written on the back of the postcard –“This is the barbecue we had last night,my picture is MORE

PRESS COLLECTION:“Corpse of slain Grace Luscaleet,Chicago”(1960)

Corpse of slain Grace Luscaleet,Chicago. The body of Grace Luscaleet. She was murdered by her husband Nathan,November 5,1960 at their home located MORE

STUDIO COLLECTION:Gilbert’s Studio –“Medical School Class and Staff with Cadaver”(1900)

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STUDIO COLLECTION:Gilbert’s Studio –“Medical School Class and Staff”(1910)

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MINNESOTA COLLECTION:“Duluth Lynching” (1930)

A pivotal moment in Minnesota race relations

On the evening of June 15,1920,Isaac McGhie,Elmer Jackson,and Elias Clayton–three young African American men MORE

INDIANA COLLECTION:“Lawrence Beitler Lynching” (1930)

Lawrence Beitler took this iconic photograph on August 7,1930 in Marion,Indiana. It showed the lynching of Thomas Shipp and Abram Smith,two young MORE