Lot of four posters, including: Printed broadside, approx. 10.5 x 16 in. WANTED For: Kidnaping - Bank Robbery, National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. Washington, D. C.: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November 29, 1938. Broadside features photographs of Benjamin James Dickson and Estelle Redenbaugh Dickson above text listing their aliases, describing their physical features, and explaining their "wanted" status. Broadside is signed in print, "John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Telephone, National 7117." Verso features telephone listings of field offices in major cities across the United States along with a 1938 postmark from Boston, Massachusetts. Benjamin and Estelle Dickson, Better known as Bennie and Stella Dickson, were depression-era bank robbers, who stole over 50,000 dollars in eight months between 1938 and 1939 from multiple banks in South Dakota. The pair were also wanted for kidnapping hostages and "transporting them by use of force" from Michigan to Indiana. Stella earned the nickname "Sure Shot Stella" when she shot out the tires of a patrol car following her, and she and Bennie were able to elude police until Bennie was shot and killed at a hamburger stand on April 6, 1939. Stella was arrested just one day later and sentenced to ten years in prison. The story of the Dicksons later inspired the name of the Brookings, South Dakota micro-brewery, "Heist Brewing Company." Printed broadside, approx. 8 x 13 in. WANTED For Kidnaping, Bank Robbery. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November 16, 1936. Broadside features photographs of Harry Brunette and Merle Vandenbush above text listing their aliases, describing their physical features, and explaining their alleged crimes. Broadside is signed in print, "John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Telephone, National 7117." Verso features telephone listings of field offices in major cities across the United States. Harry Brunette and Merle Vandenbush were wanted for robbing a series of banks in Wisconsin and kidnapping state trooper William A. Turnbull in 1936. Brunette was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison, while Vandenbush was given 45 to 70 years. Lot also includes two NRA "Last Minute Photos" imprinted posters featuring American bank robber, "Pretty Boy Floyd," and Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the German carpenter convicted in the case of the "Lindbergh kindnap-murder." Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: All broadsides fully intact, with a few heavy crease lines. One of the NRA imprints has a small tear to the right edge.
Lot of four posters, including: Printed broadside, approx. 10.5 x 16 in. WANTED For: Kidnaping - Bank Robbery, National Motor Vehicle Theft Act. Washington, D. C.: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November 29, 1938. Broadside features photographs of Benjamin James Dickson and Estelle Redenbaugh Dickson above text listing their aliases, describing their physical features, and explaining their "wanted" status. Broadside is signed in print, "John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Telephone, National 7117." Verso features telephone listings of field offices in major cities across the United States along with a 1938 postmark from Boston, Massachusetts. Benjamin and Estelle Dickson, Better known as Bennie and Stella Dickson, were depression-era bank robbers, who stole over 50,000 dollars in eight months between 1938 and 1939 from multiple banks in South Dakota. The pair were also wanted for kidnapping hostages and "transporting them by use of force" from Michigan to Indiana. Stella earned the nickname "Sure Shot Stella" when she shot out the tires of a patrol car following her, and she and Bennie were able to elude police until Bennie was shot and killed at a hamburger stand on April 6, 1939. Stella was arrested just one day later and sentenced to ten years in prison. The story of the Dicksons later inspired the name of the Brookings, South Dakota micro-brewery, "Heist Brewing Company." Printed broadside, approx. 8 x 13 in. WANTED For Kidnaping, Bank Robbery. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigation, November 16, 1936. Broadside features photographs of Harry Brunette and Merle Vandenbush above text listing their aliases, describing their physical features, and explaining their alleged crimes. Broadside is signed in print, "John Edgar Hoover, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D. C., Telephone, National 7117." Verso features telephone listings of field offices in major cities across the United States. Harry Brunette and Merle Vandenbush were wanted for robbing a series of banks in Wisconsin and kidnapping state trooper William A. Turnbull in 1936. Brunette was later convicted and sentenced to life in prison, while Vandenbush was given 45 to 70 years. Lot also includes two NRA "Last Minute Photos" imprinted posters featuring American bank robber, "Pretty Boy Floyd," and Bruno Richard Hauptmann, the German carpenter convicted in the case of the "Lindbergh kindnap-murder." Provenance: Property from the Inventory of Rex Stark Condition: All broadsides fully intact, with a few heavy crease lines. One of the NRA imprints has a small tear to the right edge.
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