RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE CRIMES OF THE BONNOT GAN - Lot 124

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RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE CRIMES OF THE BONNOT GAN - Lot 124
RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE CRIMES OF THE BONNOT GANG • THE JOURNEY OF JULES BONNOT A collection of vintage postcards and chromolithographs tracing Bonnot’s life from Pont de Roide (Doubs) to Paris, including: Postcard of Jules Bonnot’s birthplace, excerpt from *Le Petit Parisien* dated April 6, 1912; an extremely rare photograph of Jules Bonnot in the army (c. 1900) captioned “Bonnot, leader of the bandits, Rue Ordener, Chantilly, Montgeron .” • CRIMES IN THIAIS, PONTOISE, PLACE DU HAVRE A collection of postcards and photographs, including: a photograph and postcards of the crime scene in Thiais dated January 3, 1912 (this was a horrific double murder), photographs of the home of Maître Tintant, a notary in Pontoise, which was attacked by the bandits; a postcard of Place du Havre where a police officer was killed while attempting to arrest the bandits who had stolen a car in Saint-Mandé; a photograph of Officer Garnier’s funeral; a photograph of Prefect Lépine delivering a speech following Officer Garnier’s death in 1912. • SENART FOREST, CHANTILLY A collection of postcards, photo postcards, and press photographs, including: a postcard of Cérisole in front of the car, postcards of the Senart Forest, a postcard of the crime scene in Montgeron (road to Melun), a postcard of the “Bonnot” cabin where the bandits hid, a rare postcard of the Société Générale branch in Chantilly one year before the attack featuring Joseph Trinquier, Raymond Legendre, and Laurent Courbe; a press photograph of Sitterlin showing the bullet hole in his shoe; and a photograph of the Société Générale branch the day after the crime. • IVRY, CHOISY-LE-ROI Collection of press photographs and postcards, including: postcards of Rue de Paris in Ivry; a press photograph of the site where Louis Jouin was shot and killed by Jules Bonnot; a photograph of the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. Jouin; photograph of the storefront where Louis Jouin was killed; photograph of the window through which Jules escaped after the assassination; photograph of Mr. Jouin’s body being transported; postcard and photograph of Jouin’s funeral; postcard of Bonnot’s last portrait; postcards of the shootout in Choisy-le-Roi, including one of the dynamite explosion at the garage; postcards of officers carrying Bonnot’s body down; a rare photograph of the garage on fire; photographs of the shootout in Choisy-le-Roi; photographs of the garage fire; photograph of the auction of items recovered from the garage. • BONNOT AND THE AUTOMOBILE A collection of postcards, clippings, and photographs concerning the types of cars used by the gang, including a LA Buire, a Delaunay-Belleville (Rue Ordener), and a De Dion-Bouton (the Société Générale robbery in Chantilly)
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