Apr 17, 2014 - Sale 2345

Sale 2345 - Lot 119

Unsold
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(CRIME)
Binder containing 13 crime photographs relating to the death of a "pretty young flapper," Dorothy Heinzelman Peacox, a year after her marriage to Earle Peacox (who was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to a 20-year prison term). With scenes of the trial, Earle's paramour (Frances Newman), the scene of the crime, and Dorothy's watch. Silver prints, 9 1/2x7 1/2 inches (24.1x19.1 cm.), and the reverse, many with notations, in pencil, on verso. 1929