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[VICE]. – [CHICAGO]. – [CAPONE, Ralph (1894-1974)]. A group of 11 wire photographs of the arrest of Ralph Capone. Chicago: 1926. Black and white wire photographs mounted on cardboard depicting the immediate aftermath of Ralph Capone’s April 1926 arrest with a girlfriend named “Peggy,” erroneously identified in wire photographs as his wife. Largest, 12 x 9”. Many photographs include markings on images which would then be edited for printing in various newspapers; photographs from various publications pasted onto the versos of many.