Frank Rizzo – Auction Finds

January 30, 2019

Gun holsters & more tell story of Frank Rizzo

Posted in collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, Photos, Politics, and Records

I heard the man’s voice and recognized it instantly. An auction regular, he was standing right next to me at the auction table, and out of the corner of my eye I could see the…

November 26, 2018

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Roaming an estate sale for signs of Frank Rizzo

Posted in Clothing, collectibles, Ephemera/Paper/Documents, and Politics

Frank Rizzo’s presence had long left the house, which exuded a warmth that I did not expect from the abode of a man with such a notorious reputation. During the 1960s and 1970s, Rizzo ran…

April 25, 2016

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1968 Phila. (Rizzo) proclamation targeting protesters

Posted in Black history, civil rights movement, and Ephemera/Paper/Documents

The bright yellow sheet was hidden beneath a pile of nothing papers, and I wouldn’t have found it if I wasn’t in the habit of combing through documents at auction. It was in a cheap…

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