Sep 15, 2011 - Sale 2253

Sale 2253 - Lot 123

Price Realized: $ 1,920
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
THE THREE YOUNGER BROTHERS CAPTURED, AND NOT SO PRETTY (CRIME.) Everett, E.F.; photographer. Group of 3 cartes-de-visite of Cole, Bob, and Jim Younger of the James-Younger Gang. Albumen prints, each about 3 3/4 x 2 1/4 inches, on original mounts, with photographer's printed backstamps; Bob Younger slightly cropped and creased, with ink caption in image area, Cole and Jim Younger in strong condition. Mankato, MN, September 1876
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Taken in the wake of the gang's aborted bank robbery in Northfield, Minnesota. Includes photographs of all three Younger brothers, who were captured shortly after the robbery. The printed captions on verso identify the three as "Thos. Coleman Younger," "Robert Younger," and "Al. Carter" (the alias of Jim Younger). Jim Younger was unable to speak due to a mouth injury suffered during the capture, and was not yet properly identified.