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Lot 77
Actual Photographs of Chinese Executions. San Francisco: Bear Photo Company, [ca. 1920s-1930s].
Estimate: $150 - $250
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Actual Photographs of Chinese Executions. An Interesting and Unusual Photo Set" San Francisco: Bear Photo Company, [ca. 1920s-1930s]. These Kodak Pictures Made From Un-retouched Films Showing Decapitations, Tortures, Shootings, and the Horrible Death of a Thousand Cuts. Small folio containing a collection of graphic black & white photographs with cheeky captions in English depicting dead bodies, decapitations, and public executions in China.
Approx 6 x 3 ½". Good.
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