Wunderkammer: The Freeman & Fugate Oddities Collection
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[MUGSHOTS]. LICATA, Victor (1912–1950). “Marihuana: This photo speaks for itself / The Most Heinous Crime of 1933". Photo montage mugshot of Victor Licata on Velox paper. With caption “Victor Licata, Tampa, Florida, on October 18, 1933, while under the influence of Marihuana, murdered his Mother, Father, Sister, and Two Brothers, WITH AN AXE while they were asleep." With caption above: “Marihuana: This photo speaks for itself". Licata, known as the Dream Slayer, became the face of anti-marijuana campaigns in the 1930s. His case inspired marijuana-induced-crime-insanity propaganda such as the 1936 exploitation film Tell Your Children (a.k.a. Reefer Madness). 4 ¼ x 5 1/8". Light creasing. Good. Provenance: From the collection of a former Boston Police Department photographer.
[MUGSHOTS]. LICATA, Victor (1912–1950). “Marihuana: This ph...
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