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Five original vintage glossy news photographs documenting Anna Sage, the infamous 'Woman in Red' whose information led the FBI to John Dillinger, capturing her during the final chapter of one of the Depression era's most famous criminal investigations. The group, ranging in size from 8.25 x 10 to 11 x 7, comprises: a portrait of Sage at the Federal Building during her fight against deportation; a candid image of Sage meeting with her attorney, Thomas V. Johnson, during her deportation proceedings; a portrait of Sage posed before shelves of law books; an extensively hand-retouched editorial photograph of Sage seated with attorney Tom Johnson, Sr., with opaque artist's wash expertly applied throughout much of the composition for newspaper reproduction; and a dramatic photograph of Sage ascending a narrow spiral staircase while secretly boarding the liner President Harding for deportation to her native Romania.
The photographs bear original editorial captions, agency stamps, grease-pencil notations, handwritten identifications, and other editorial markings. In overall very good to fine condition, with scattered surface and edgewear, most notably to the first photo, which bears emulsion loss and irregularity and impressions from the caption on the reverse.
Anna Sage (1889–1947), born Ana Cumpănaș in Romania, was the brothel keeper who became infamous as the 'Woman in Red' after informing the FBI of John Dillinger's whereabouts. On July 22, 1934, she accompanied Dillinger to Chicago's Biograph Theater, enabling federal agents to identify and fatally shoot the fugitive outside the theater. Although she cooperated in hopes of avoiding deportation, Sage was deported to her native Romania in 1936, where she remained until her death in 1947.
