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Box 65

 Container

Contains 20 Results:

[Dedham Jail; Dedham, Mass.], [ca. 1920-1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 3, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Jail where Sacco and Vanzetti spent seven years before they were executed.

Dates: [ca. 1920-1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / [Dedham Jail; Dedham, Mass.

Demonstration; Boston, Mass., 1 March 1925

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 6, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Demonstration; Boston, Mass., 1 March 1925

Dates: 1 March 1925
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Demonstrations, 1921-1927

Death Masks, 30 August 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 5, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

[Made by William Gropper after Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were electrocuted.]

Dates: 30 August 1927
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Death Masks; [Boston, Mass.]

[Dedham Court House; Dedham, Mass.], [ca. 1920–1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 2, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Police on horses guarding front of building.

Dates: [ca. 1920–1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Buildings: [Dedham Court House; Dedham, Mass.]

[Charlestown State Prison; Charlestown, Mass.], August 22, 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 1, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Police guard prision during murder's last hours. Boston...ready for any emergency, State and Boston Police, well armed, were stationed at all points around the jail ready for any outburst from sympathizers of the condemned murders, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti, during their last few hours. Gas masks and tear bombs are among the equipment. Above photo shows police guarding the entrance to Charlestown State Prison. (A.B.H.P. & F.M.) W-8/22/27

Dates: August 22, 1927
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Buildings: Charlestown State Prison; [Charlestown, Mass.

Funeral procession -  Hanover Street; Boston, Mass., [28 August 1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 8, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Two hearses bearing the bodies of Sacco and Vanzetti at the funeral processing swung into Scollay Square, from Hanover Street.

Dates: [28 August 1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / [Funeral Procession - Scollay Square and Tremont Street; Boston, Mass.

Funeral procession; (North End) Boston, Mass., 28 August 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 7, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Hanover Street

Dates: 28 August 1927
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / [Funeral Procession - Hanover Street; Boston, Mass.

A. Lawrence Lowell; Boston, Mass., ca. 1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 20, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

[Appointed by Gov. Fuller to an an advisory committee were he was responsible for  reviewing the trial of Sacco and Vanzetti to determine whether it had been impartial.]

Dates: ca. 1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Lowell, A. Lawrence; Boston, Mass

[Judge Robert Grant; Boston, Mass.], [ca. 1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 16, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Served on the Lowell Advisory Committee which was created in order to determine whether the trial of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti had been fair.

Dates: [ca. 1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Grant, Robert, Judge; Boston, Mass.

Aldino Felicani, ca. 1915

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 14, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Treasurer of the Sacco-Vanzetti Defense Committee.

Dates: ca. 1915
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Felicani, Aldino]

Maude Pettyjohn; Dayton, Ohio, 1928

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 22, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

[Friend of Bartolomeo Vanzetti.]

Dates: 1928
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: Pettyjohn, Maude; Dayton, OH

[Nicola Sacco; Dedham, Mass, ca. 1920-1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 24, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

[Standing, holding hat.]

Dates: ca. 1920-1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Nicola Sacco]

[Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Dedham, Mass., ca. 1921-1927]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 26, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

[Leaving court.]

Dates: ca. 1921-1927]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Dedham, Mass

Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Mexico, 1917-1918

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 33, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Taken during his trip to Mexico.

Dates: 1917-1918
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Vanzetti, Bartolomeo]

Home of Bartolomeo Vanzetti; Villafalletto, Italy, 1959

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 34, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Dates: 1959
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: Vanzetti family grave; Villafalletto, Italy

Fraher shell [n.p.], [1921-1923]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 37, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Prosecution claimed this shell was fired in a Savage automatic pistol. Hamilton discovered the ejector marks of a foreign piston. Shell found at scene of murder.

Dates: [1921-1923]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Trial Exhibits: Fraher shells

Fraher shell; [n.p.], [ca. 1921-1923]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 38, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents The Fraher shell W. found a scene of murder. Prosecution claimed it was fired in Sacco's pistol. #1-2-3 are test shells fired in Sacco's pistol during trial. Sacco's gun's firing five strikes 23% off center of the primer. The Fraher shell has the dent in center. After Hamilton discovered this vital difference, the attys for defense invited the prosecution to fire 100 test shells in Sacco's gun to show it would not make a dent in center of primer - they declined the test. A different set of...
Dates: [ca. 1921-1923]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Trial Exhibits: Bullets

[.38 Harrington & Richardson Revolver; n.p., ca. 1921-1923]

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 40, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Dates: ca. 1921-1923]
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / Trial Exhibits: Vanzetti's Revolver

Rosa Sacco and Luigia Vanzetti; Charlestown, Mass., August 1927

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 29, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

Arriving at Charlestown.

Dates: August 1927
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: Sacco, Rosa and Luigia Vanzetti; Charlestown, Mass.

Rosa Sacco; [n.p.], 14 September 1926

 Item — Box: 65, Folder: 27, Item: a
Call Number: MS 2030, Series 9, Sub-Series 2
Scope and Contents

With daughter [Inez.]

Dates: 14 September 1926
Found in: Boston Public Library Archives & Special Collections / MS 2030, Aldino Felicani Sacco-Vanzetti Collection / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia, Photographs and Posters / Audio-Visual, Memorabilia and Photographs, n.d. / People: [Sacco family]