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Sunday, August 15, 2021

CRIME SCENES . . by different artists

a Harrison Cady illustration of rabbits stealing carrots from a gardentrespassing and theft,  by Harrison Cady

     
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Robbing a Drunk 1909 New York illustrated
"Robbing a Drunk"    1909 New York
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Hans Tegner 1891, a policeman drinking beer
 Hans Tegner,  1891
    
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             Rockwell Kent
Rockwell Kent
        
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1936 fist of greed illustration
1936
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a 1940s Crime comic book by Charles Biro
a
1940s Crime comic book by Charles Biro
        
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Charles Biro 1942 Crime Comics
Charles Biro,  1942
        
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an 1890 prison yard lockstep shuffle photograph
an 1890 prison yard lockstep shuffle
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a Felix Vallotton print of a man led to his execution
a Felix Vallotton print
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1897 police phrenology, the degenerate ear
"The Degenerate Ear"     1897 police phrenology
        
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1822 punishment for criminals in China, an illustration
1822 punishment for criminals,  China
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Missing Persons Bureau   "I think we have some definite word for you, Mrs. Kelsey..."     
a Charles Rodrigues cartoon for National Lampoon magazine
        
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Gilbert Shelton Freak Bros
Gilbert Shelton's  "Freak Brothers"  ... criminals attempt to rob 
a hippy who is very high on drugs       see full size
    
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1865 USA Vigilante
"Catching a Thief at Harlem by Musketry Practice"    1865 USA
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a court of law by Fritz Eichenberg
two social classes at a court of law by Fritz Eichenberg
      
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Jay Ward's 'Dudley Doright', an animated USA satire of Canadian police
Jay Ward's 'Dudley Doright',  a 1960s animated USA satire of the federal
branch of Canadian police ... of course Canadians laughed
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1969 policeman undercover in womens clothing to trap purse snatchers
a 1969 USA policeman working in disguise to trap purse thieves
    
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confessing in a 1650s
USA prison,  illustrated from an 1898 book 
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"An Attempt At Suicide is Foiled"     an 1882 New York prison
     
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Norman Rockwell, civil rights
a 1960 safety escort by illustrator Norman Rockwell powerfully appeared in
the January 14 1964 issue of Look magazine.  Rockwell was an observant
artist ... notice the tomato splat on the wall. The tomato skin and
stem-spot hit first,  and the rest burst around them.
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from a 1919 magazine,  a private detective advertisement
from a 1919 magazine
advertisement,  a private detective
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1887 women vigilantes, an illustration
1887 vigilantes
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an Edmund J. Sullivan 1901 illustration of hanged or lynched men
an Edmund J. Sullivan illustration,  1901
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a 1931 game warden displays a gun used by poachers that killed
100 ducks with one shot       see full size
        
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George Woodbridge for MAD, a dog proudly takes a policeman's baton to it citizen owner
George Woodbridge,  for MAD?
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a Joe Krush illustration of a student being punished
a Joe Krush illustration of a student being punished
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1700s law
"John Hayes' head exposed in St. Margaret's church yard"    1726 news  "Yesterday Morning early a Man's Head, that by the Freshness of it seeem'd to have been newly cut off from the Body, having its own Hair on, was found by the River's Side near Mill-Bank, Westminster, and was afterwards exposed to publick View in St. Margaret's Church-yard, where Thousands of People have seen it; but none could tell who the unhappy Person was, much less who committed such a horrid and barbarous Action"
    
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Deduce, You Say is a 1956 Warner Bros. animation with Daffy Duck as Sherlock Holmes
'Deduce, You Say'  is a 1956 Warner Bros. animation with Daffy Duck
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from a 1908 book about prison reform USA, waterboarding punishment
from a 1908 book about prison reform,  USA
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1932 public punishment for adulterers,  China a photograph
1932 public punishment for
adulterers,  China       see full size