images that haunt us
Mrs. Adams was arrested in Omaha for blackmail. She listed her residence as Palisade, Nebraska, and her occupation as prostitute. The police record describes her as five feet, one inch tall with a medium build and a sallow complexion.
April 12, 1900. / src: cvultnation
Goldie Williams, also known as Meg Murphy, defiantly crossed her arms for her Omaha Police Court mug shot. Arrested for vagrancy on Jan. 29, 1898. / src: cvltnation.com
Mugshot of Hilda Svensson, 1899, Sweden. She was arrested for stealing a clock, a game table, and several books. She wa sentenced to four months of penal labour she was 35 years old. / source: Chantier
Rosa Parks Mug Shot, USA, 1956 / source: museum syndicate.com
Valerie Lowe, 15 February 1922 (Another candid beautiful criminal).
Photograph courtesy ofThe Justice & Police Museum/Historic Households Trust / source: twistedsifter
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Greta Massey, 26 January 1923. Photograph courtesy of The Justice & Police Museum/Historic Households Trust / source: twistedsifter
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Although no record for Fay Watson is found in the NSW Police Gazette for 1928, the Sydney Morning Herald (26 March 1928, p. 12) reports her arrest in a house in Crown Street, Darlinghurst, and subsequent conviction for having cocaine in her possession, for which she was fined ten pounds. The Justice and Police Museum. / source: twistedsifter
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Peter Doyle & Caleb Williams :: from City of Shadows (Historic Houses Trust, 2005), a recollection of forensic crime photography, created by the New South Wales Police between 1912 and 1960.
Alice Adeline Cook, 30th December, 1922
was convicted of bigamy and theft. By the age of 24 she had amassed an impressive number of aliases and at least two husbands. She was described by police as ‘rather good looking’. All images are courtesy of the Historic Houses Trust. Be sure to check out their site for more fascinating historical images.
– Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum
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Frederick Edward Davies, July 14, 1921. The handwritten inscription on this unnumbered Special Photograph reads ‘Frederick Edward Davies stealing in picture shows and theatres Dets Surridge Clark and Breen Central 14-7-21’. Police held sneak thieves in particularly low regard, which may account for the decision to photograph Davies in front of the police station’s toilet stalls. / source: twistedsifter
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Esther Eggers, 16 December 1919. Crime: malicious injury to property and wounding with intent to do grievous bodily harm. When a police officer arrived to arrest Esther Eggers for malicious damage she attacked him, causing serious injury. Eggers was sentenced to 12 months prison. Aged 22.
Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum / source: twistedsifter
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