Collection of dozens of clipped newspaper articles, news photos, and blurbs, some notated in Blanche’s hand, as well as several candid snapshots and a homemade scrapbook of more news articles, photos, and a handwritten poem, as well as a signed newspaper photo. Clippings cover a multitude of angles including the search for the gang members, captures, the deaths of Buck, Bonnie, and Clyde, and quite a few about the capture, trial, and release of Blanche herself. One particularly sensational report of Blanche and Buck's capture has the headline "How they Caught the Killer and His 'Fighting Moll'—Just Like a Bandit Thriller in the Movies Was the Siege of the Notorious Barrow Brothers' Gang in a Cabin Fortress With Armored Car, Steel Body-Shields, Machine and Riot Guns.” Another item of interest, contained in the scrapbook, is the first page of a story from the May 5, 1935, Sunday Mirror Magazine section, with a composite photo of several notorious female accomplices, signed in green ink by Barrow. A handwritten four-stanza poem is affixed inside another page of the scrapbook, titled “And Life Goes On.” It is unknown if this is an original work as this poem appeared in the December 30, 1933, edition of the Mansfield News. In overall very good condition, with expected toning and fragile folds. A treasure trove of dramatic first, hand accounts and insight. RR Auction COA.
