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Two rare original 5 x 4 glass plate negatives depicting the removal of victims from the St. Valentine's Day Massacre garage in Chicago following the infamous February 14, 1929, killings. The two images capture the aftermath from different perspectives: one shows a police van backed into the alley as authorities carry the victims from the SMC Cartage Company garage at 2122 North Clark Street while a dense crowd of onlookers gathers nearby; the other presents a wider overhead view of the alley, showing the assembled crowd surrounding the police vehicle as the recovery operation unfolds. Includes their original photographer's sleeve, bearing a typed caption identifying the scene as the removal of the massacre victims from the garage. In overall fine condition, with some emulsion loss along the edges.
Among the most infamous crimes in American history, the St. Valentine's Day Massacre marked the bloody climax of the Chicago gang war between Al Capone's South Side Outfit and George ‘Bugs’ Moran's North Side Gang. The murder of seven men inside the SMC Cartage Company garage shocked the nation, becoming an enduring symbol of the Prohibition era. Original glass plate negatives documenting the immediate aftermath of the massacre are exceptionally rare, preserving the source images from which contemporary press photographs were produced.
