Wanted & Reward Clippings

Wanted & Reward Clippings - Vintage Scrapbook Page featuring five vintage clippings. Circa 1910/1911. Headlines include: "$1200 Reward for Ray Scriven / Wanted for the Murder of City Marshal at Fairbury, Illinois, May 5th, 1910"; "$25.00 Reward / Parole Violator from Kansas State Peniteniary / Lansing, Kansas"; "Description of Walter Hamilton / James Lowe, Afton, Okla."; "Wanted: Obtaining Money by False Pretense / Geo. Windoffer, Capt Police, Kokomo, Ind."; "$200 Reward... for information as to the whereabouts of his three children..."

From the collection of Police Chief Michael Webb (1950-2009). Webb joined the Vinita Park, Missouri police force in 1974 and served until his death in 2009, during which time he purchased crime artifacts from relatives of criminals and law officers. Boasting more than 8,000 wanted posters, pieces of Webb’s collection have been featured in film and displayed at the National Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington.

Measuring approximately 10 x 12 inches, sheet exhibits the expected signs of wear and age.