Unknown | "Freddy" Scheiderer, 12, farm boy living near Wausau, Wis., who shot two of his sisters August 13, one fatally, apparently as deliberate acts. He had never before shown any signs of dislike for the girls, or lack of mental balance. He is alert and friendly. The boy is being held in jail, although he is not old enough for a murder charge

Title: "Freddy" Scheiderer, 12, farm boy living near Wausau, Wis., who shot two of his sisters August 13, one fatally, apparently as deliberate acts. He had never before shown any signs of dislike for the girls, or lack of mental balance. He is alert and friendly. The boy is being held in jail, although he is not old enough for a murder charge

Artist: Unknown (American)

Date: 1934

Medium: Gelatin silver print

Dimensions: Image: 10 in. × 7 1/16 in. (25.4 × 18 cm), irregularly trimmed
Sheet: 10 in. × 7 1/16 in. (25.4 × 18 cm), irregularly trimmed

Classification: Photographs

Credit Line: Twentieth-Century Photography Fund, 2015

Accession Number: 2015.78

Inscription: Stamped in black ink on print, verso TL: "REF. DEPT. // AUG 21 1934 // N. E. A."; inscribed in pencil on print, verso TC: "A28844"; verso TR: "A. M. Hawley // 506 Sixth St // Wausau, Wis."; typewritten paper label affixed to print, verso BC: ""Freddy" Scheiderer, 12, farm boy living near // Wausau, Wis., who shot two of his sisters August 13, one // fatally, apparently as deliberate acts. He had never // before shown any signs of dislike for the girls, or lack of // mental balance. He is alert and friendly. The boy is being // held in jail, although he is not old enough for a murder // charge."

[...]; Private collector, USA; [Galerie Lumière des Roses, Montreuil, France]

The Metropolitan Museum of Art. "Crime Stories: Photography and Foul Play," March 7–July 31, 2016.