Masks

[“Brinks Holdup.” Photographs by Ralph Morse and Yale Joel. January 1, 1950 (?). From the Life Photo Archive. Click any photograph for a larger mask.]

Something is off here: these photographs are dated January 1, 1950, but the Boston Brink‘s robbery took place on January 17. The FBI says “five to seven gunmen,” masked; the Life Photo Archive has photographs of at least twenty masks. Were the photos meant to suggest what the gunmen may have worn? None of these photographs appear in the January 30 Life article about the robbery.

Also — Happy Halloween.