2010.54.16658
Battle Alley
1984
22 in HIGH x 30 in WIDE
(55.88 cm HIGH x 76.2 cm WIDE)
(55.88 cm HIGH x 76.2 cm WIDE)
All Of Us Or None Archive. Gift of the Rossman Family.
2010.54.16658
Poster printed on white paper. At the center is a blue background with a beige border. At the top of the blue is a black and white photo of a street in front of a building. At the bottom left of the image is a white "X". Below the photo is "the X marks the spot where the murderer / stood when he shot his victim on the stairs... / it was the wickedest, as it was the foulest / spot in all the city...the old houses / fairly reeked of outrage & ?idence." in black. Down the left and right sides are black and white photos of young men, with their offenses (murderer, pickpocket, highwayman" and ages listed below. At the bottom left is "Hanges At The Tombs" in black. To the top right of the blue is "Battle Alley".
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