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by David Lee Guss
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Our ceramic coffee mugs are available in two sizes: 11 oz. and 15 oz. Each mug is dishwasher and microwave safe.
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When the Dillinger gang was staying at the Hotel Congress in January 1934 Dillinger used to walk the few blocks from the hotel to the Owl... more
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When the Dillinger gang was staying at the Hotel Congress in January 1934 Dillinger used to walk the few blocks from the hotel to the Owl Drug.
Jess Hurlbert worked at the Owl as a pharmacist, filling prescriptions and serving lunch to patrons.
"In early 1934, he noticed that one of his newer customers dressed like an Easterner and had a habit of chewing Black Jack gum.
The man would dine on a 35-cent Triple Decker Sandwich at lunchtime.
As Hurlbut would bring out the customer's order, the patron would stick his gum underneath the counter. Unbeknownst to Hurlbut, the man was mobster John Dillinger.
After Dillinger's capture, Hurlbut noticed the gangster's picture in the newspaper. He went to Dillinger's usual seat at the Owl Drug Store, searched under the table and collected the mobster's chewed Black Jack gum in a small jar."
Hurbert donated the gum and other unusual artifacts to the University of Arizona's College of Pharmacy in T...
I first became obsessed with photography and motion pictures while growing up in post WW2 Manila in the Philippine Islands in the late 1940's/early 1950's. Film noirs were a particular influence. But my first love remains the theater. I acted in numerous amateur productions from 1958 to 1978. In 1979 I earned a MA in drama from the University of Arizona; earlier getting a BA in English from the University of Minnesota, where I co-founded the first film society on campus and ran it for four years. While at the U of A, I studied with the master black and white photo essayist W. Eugene Smith (1918-1978) the last year of his life. I am the last person cited in Jim Hughes' definitive biography of Gene, as I wrote about attending his final...
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