"bud was hauling corn cobs" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues:Bud was hauling corn cobs yesterday afternoon while he was getting cobs he was overcome from the gas of the engine. He was so bad that they called Dr. Hearst to the elevator and...

"they do not know if it is indigestion" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Letter to Earl continues with:They could not get Dr. Schaffer as he had gone to church. After dinner they had Doc to come up. They do not know if it is indigestion or it might be like our...

"got pop" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper. Letter to Earl continues with:While we were at church Bud come over and got pop to come over to look after Lady she was sick.Up next: indigestion.

"tonight is just icy enough" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.I anxiously awaited my delivery of old letters. I hadn't thought of it before now, but that is a sure way to get some mail, isn't it? But really, you know that I cannot resist vintage mail and...

"third right molar missing" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Daniel O'Connell was also charged with violating the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. He was sentenced to 7 years imprisonment due to his opposition of the draft laws. This is my last prisoner for a while....

"condition of teeth unknown" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Jim Wong was arrested in Nogales, Arizona in March of 1917. He was convicted of smuggling opium."The most important reason for the increase in opiate consumption in the United States during the 19th...

"pigs is pigs" 6 x 4 inches, collage on paint swatch postcardWhy did I choose these elements? I don't know. Last night I wanted to begin with nothing but a random collection of things cut out. I have this little box that contains all the scraps that I made other work...

"third upper right molar missing" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.This is Thomas Carey. He was convicted in San Francisco on violation of the Espionage Act of June 15, 1917. He was charged in a conspiracy to obstruct the recruiting and enlistment service and in...

"teeth intact too" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Part four: "They kid themselves into a belief that they can come back, but they can't."Having escaped from jail and the fate of Evert Impyn and Lawardius G. Borgart (portrait above), Roy Gardner eluded the police...

"teeth intact" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.Part three: "Those fellows couldn't hit the broad side of a barn."Roy Gardner did not elude the police for long. He was captured in Tacoma when the hotel owner, where he was about to check in, found him suspiciously...

"second right and left cuspids gold crowned" 3 x 3 inches, acrylic on photopaper.  Part two: Large Gold TeethRoy Gardner (portrait above), notorious train robber, had determination not to be caught or kept captive. After his escape with Pyron he was spotted in...