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Tintype of Stage Robber / Booking Mug Shot

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Western Americana Start Price:400.00 USD Estimated At:800.00 - 1,200.00 USD
Tintype of Stage Robber / Booking Mug Shot
a) Interesting early image (1870) with info attached to reverse: hand-canceled stamp in period ink, and clipped article announcing the robber as “Frank _ _ _fford who was convicted of stage robbery in White Pine Country in the spring of 1870, and sentenced to ten years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary, was yesterday pardoned and set free. It’s assumed this was sent to the presiding sheriff of the area to alert him;
b) Mug shot on booking card from San Francisco dated 1905. Henry Miller was arrested, charged and booked for petit larceny. The front and back of the card reads well with all the details, including Miller’s bad man look. Bureau of Identification, Department of Police, City of San Francisco. 6” x 5 1/2”.