NOGENT-SUR-MARNE: A RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE NO - Lot 128

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NOGENT-SUR-MARNE: A RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE NO - Lot 128
NOGENT-SUR-MARNE: A RARE COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS ON THE NOGENT-SUR-MARNE TRAGEDY A collection of press photographs and postcards, including: a postcard of Garnier’s final portrait; a postcard of Valet’s final portrait; a postcard titled “Garnier and Valet Hunted Down in a Cottage”; a postcard titled “The Tragedy of Nogent-sur-Marne at the Garnier-Valet Hideout, May 14–15, 1912—The Effects of the Dynamite”; a postcard titled “Police Searching for Explosives and Bullets”; postcard titled “Garnier’s room—he died on May 15, 1912, after shooting himself with a Browning”; postcard “At Garnier and Vallet’s hideout at the Nogent viaduct”; postcard “The siege of Garnier and Vallet’s hideout”; postcard “The crowd watching the shootout on May 15, 1912”; press photographs of police officers in front of the house, of Valet’s bedroom, of the house destroyed by the bomb, the siege of Garnier and Valet’s hideout, and a gendarme posing in front of the chicken coop at Garnier and Valet’s house. Also included is a collection of books and magazines on firearms, including the Browning pistol.
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