the story-tellers, part 38

the wild bunch directed by sam peckinpah, 1969  

ben johnson, warren oates, william holden, ernest borgnine 

the james gang

billy the kid, doc holliday, jesse james & charlie bowdre, possibly mexico, ca. 1879

the seven samurai directed by akira kurasawa

toshiro mifune, seiji miyaguchi, minoru chiaki, daisuke katõ, yoshio inaba, isao kimua & takashi shimura

bonnie & clyde

left to right: billie jean mace (bonnie's sister), clyde barrow, cumie barrow (clyde's mother) l.c. barrow (clydes youngest brother) botttom row: marie barrow (clydes youngest sister, emma parker (bonnie's mother) & bonnie parker, ca. 1932-1934

the magnificent seven directed by john sturges, 1960

robert vaughn, steve mcqueen & yul brynner

the wild bunch

 left to right: harry longabaugh (the sundance kid), ben kilpatrick (the tall texan), robert leroy parker (butch cassidy) standing: william todd carver (bill) & harvey logan (kid curry) by john swartz, ca. 1901

the dalton gang/the dalton brothers

emmett dalton, tim evans, bob dalton, gratton "grat" dalton & dick broadwell, ca. 1892

the story-tellers, part 18

lewis payne in manacles, arrested on suspicion of being conspirator in the lincoln assassination, 1865.

fortino samano moments before his execution by augustin casasola , 1916.

mrs. l. taylor murdered her husband, cut up the body and burned it. his bones were ground fine and fed to the hens.

chinese women wearing the cangue by william saunders, ca. 1875.

mug shot of neville mcquade (18) and lewis stanley keith (19),  north sydney police station, early June 1942. from the sydney police archives.

the wild bunch: sitting l to r, harry longabaugh (the sundance kid), ben kilpatrick (the tall texan), robert leroy parker (butch cassidy), standing l to r, william todd carver (bill) & harvey logan (kid curry) by john swartz, ca. 1901

attorney clarence darrow with leopold & loeb (murderers of 14 yr. old bobby franks), 1924.

vincent "mad dog" coll (assassin for dutch schlutz) and his wife lottie, ca. early 1930s