Mar 30, 2017 - Sale 2441

Sale 2441 - Lot 230

Unsold
Estimate: $ 350 - $ 500
(CIVIL RIGHTS--CRIME.) BOSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. Wanted for Murder, Theodore P. Johnson. 11 x 8-1/2 inches, a couple of stains, creased where folded. Boston: September 25, 1911

Additional Details

A very unusual wanted poster utilizing a reproduction of an oval tintype portrait of Johnson in its case (the frame visible). He was obviously never booked or a 'mug-shot' taken. Johnson was accused of the murder of John Scanlon in Boston.