Grouping of five original vintage glossy mug shot and 'lineup' photos of various affiliates of the Barrow Gang, including: a 5 x 3.5 mug shot of Barrow Gang accomplice Joe Palmer, an escapee from Eastham prison who was convicted of killing a prison guard during the break; a 2 x 6.25 lineup photo of James Mullen, an ex-convict who helped Clyde Barrow and Floyd Hamilton perform the famous Eastham prison break on January 16, 1943; a 4.75 x 3.25 mug shot of John Basden, a former truck driver who aided Floyd and Raymond Hamilton in the robbery of the First State Bank in Grand Prairie, Texas; a 5 x 3.25 mug shot of Barney Pitts, the second husband of Mary O'Dare Pitts, the girlfriend of Raymond Hamilton; and a 4.75 x 3.25 mug shot of Steve Davis, one of the 23 defendants in the 1935 harboring trial of Bonnie and Clyde, who was sentenced to 90 days in county jail. In overall very good condition, with scattered creases and surface impressions, most notably a central vertical fold to the Palmer photo.
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