[CRIME - BOSTON]. Archive of Over 150 Post-Mortem Boston Crime Scene Photographs. Boston Police Department, 1940s–1970s. Large archive of 44 pages containing over 150 post-mortem crime scene photographs depicting victims of violent crime, suicide, murder, and assault. Arranged in a contemporary three-ring binder. Photographs depict graphic and gruesome images of dead bodies at crime scenes in the streets, office buildings, and domestic spaces, including images of decapitation, bodies mangled in train tracks, hanging, gunshot wounds, with some autopsy photos. Many with Boston Police Department stamps verso with handwritten or mimeographed information about victims, location, and time of photograph. Some with pencil annotations. Each photo approx. 4 x 5". Provenance: From the collection of a former Boston Police Department photographer.