Name/Title
Crime-Related Photos (3) by Shady, c. 1940sEntry/Object ID
P1998.50.38KMDescription
Crime-Related Photos (3) by Shady, c. 1940. b/w. Three photos that relate to crime in St. Joseph, c. 1940s. As follows:
K = Man in inmate coveralls with hands behind back, flanked by men in suits, one with overcoat, standing before a man (judge?) seated at table looking over a documents. Women on chairs along wall. Calendar on wall is November, either 1945 or '46.
L = Man in suit, kneeling using yardstick to measure a pool of blood, another man watching. Scene seems to be some type of workshop.
M = Stewart Murder (handwritten on back). Night scene of man in white lab coat kneeling at base of tree pointing, Four other men are standing or stooped looking a the scene.Collection
Lewis C. Shady PhotoMade/Created
Date made
1940Place
City
St. JosephState/Province
MissouriLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
Nomenclature Secondary Object Term
Print, PhotographicNomenclature Primary Object Term
PhotographNomenclature Sub-Class
Graphic DocumentsNomenclature Class
Documentary ObjectsNomenclature Category
Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Crime in St. Joseph, Murder in St. Joseph, Stewart MurderDimensions
Dimension Notes
Printsize: variousProvenance
Notes
Photos taken by Lewis C. Shady, Donated by his children. Shady was staff photographer for St. Joseph News-Press, late 1930's to c. 1960.
