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LL/60218
Thomas F. Byrnes (1842-1910)
Rogues Gallery, State of New York
1891 (ca)
Wooden cabinet
75.2 x 58.2 x 26 cm
 
The Romantic Agony Book & Print Auctions
Auction 19 June 2015, Lot: 122
 
LL/60218 [Further details available]

1 of 70
LL/105108
John Steck
Abolitionist Passmore Williamson photographed in his prison cell in Moyamensing Prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
1855
Daguerreotype
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
The Chubachus Library of Photographic History, The Chubachus Library of Photographic History. Source requested.
 
LL/105108 [Further details available]

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LL/105069
Unidentified photographer
Alex. Breeland. Counterfeiter.
[Rogues Gallery Collection]
1858 (ca)
Ambrotype
 
Missouri Historical Society
Rogues Gallery collection, Identifier: 3888-A, Identifier: P0689-00027
 
LL/105069 [Further details available]

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LL/105076
Unidentified photographer
Unidentified woman wearing a shawl.
[Rogues Gallery Collection]
1851-1859 (ca)
Tintype
 
Missouri Historical Society
Rogues Gallery collection, Identifier: 3888-A, Identifier: P0689-00038
 
LL/105076 [Further details available]

4 of 70
LL/105074
Unidentified photographer
John Ross. Thief.
[Rogues Gallery Collection]
1857 (ca)
Ambrotype
 
Missouri Historical Society
Rogues Gallery collection, Identifier: 3888-A, Identifier: P0689-00033
 
LL/105074 [Further details available]

5 of 70
LL/86037
Carl Durheim
Agatha Ostertag
1852-1853
Salt paper print
15 x 19 cm
 
Swiss Federal Archives
Signatur: E21#1000/131#20507#146*, Personendossier: E21#1000/131#20391*
 
LL/86037

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LL/86038
Carl Durheim
Joseph Körbler
1852-1853
Salt paper print
13.5 x 16.5 cm
 
Swiss Federal Archives
Signatur: E21#1000/131#20507#95*, Personendossier: E21#1000/131#20243*
 
LL/86038

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LL/79861
Samuel G. Szabo
Rogues, a Study of Characters
1857
Salted paper print, from glass negative
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Purchase, Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Gift, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.551.1
 
LL/79861 [Further details available]

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LL/52252
Unidentified photographers
Metal Bertillon drawer with 51 catalogued mugshots on cards, each offender labeled as a pickpocket, and with locations ranging from Brooklyn, to Philadelphia, to Washington D.C., and Norfolk, Virginia.
1911-1927
Bertillon drawer
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Auction, 12 Dec 2013, Sale no: 2335, Lot: 31
 
LL/52252 [Further details available]

9 of 70
LL/56930
Booklet cover for 1928, Parole Violators Wanted, Michigan City, IN., Indiana State Prison)
1928
Booklet cover
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 154)
 
LL/56930

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LL/40400
Alphonse Bertillon
[Mugshots of Suspected Anarchists from French Police Files]
1891-1895
Albumen silver print, from glass negative
10.5 x 7 x 0.5 cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 ins)
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Gilman Collection, Museum Purchase, 2005, Accession Number: 2005.100.375.1-.434
 
LL/40400

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LL/30846
Alphonse Bertillon
Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of 'La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise'
1889
Carte de visite
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
 
LL/30846 [Further details available]

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LL/47139
Unidentified photographer
Abdulla, the murderer of Judge John Paxton Norman of Calcutta
1871
Carte de visite, front and back
 
Private collection of James Morley
 
LL/47139 [Further details available]

13 of 70
LL/83956
Unidentified photographer
Identification card for Selina Jenkins (born Asenath Nicholas Jenkins)
[Usk Gaol volumes, 1871-1876]
1871-1876
Prison record
 
Gwent Archives
Q/CG/38-40
 
LL/83956

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LL/79941
Unidentified police photographer (Sweden)
Police mugshot for "Viktor Stenberg, born 1871"
1907, 4 January
Carte de visite
 
Private collection of Hector Meinhof
 
LL/79941 [Further details available]

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LL/79942
Unidentified police photographer (Sweden)
Police mugshot for "Viktor Stenberg, born 1871"
1907, 4 January
Carte de visite, back
 
Private collection of Hector Meinhof
 
LL/79942 [Further details available]

16 of 70
LL/101525
Unidentified photographer
Fock Johann, a German criminal
1896, 7 August
Photograph
 
Museo di Antropologia criminale Cesare Lombroso
Inventory / accession no requested.
 
LL/101525 [Further details available]

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LL/56901
Unidentified photographer
American Mug shots
1880s-1890s
Mug shots
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Dec 8-10, 2014, #2370, Lot 48)
 
LL/56901 [Further details available]

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LL/55638
Unidentified photographers
Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914.
1909-1914
Album page
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 17, 2014, #2361, Lot 40)
 
LL/55638

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LL/55634
Unidentified photographers
Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914.
1909-1914
Album page
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 17, 2014, #2361, Lot 40)
 
LL/55634

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LL/62276
Criminal Record, a prison in Washington State
1906
Prison ledger
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/62276

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LL/53787
Warden's book detailing prisoners received at California prison San Quentin, March 1935-December 1935
1935
Book
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2345, The Vernacular Eye: Photographic Albums, Snapshots & Objects, 17 April 2014, Lot: 120
 
LL/53787

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LL/62265
Joseph Chancellor, mug shot
1910 (ca)
Photomechanical page, halftone
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-10779 (digital file from original item), Call Number: Unprocessed in PR 13 CN 2001:141 [item] [P&P]
 
LL/62265 [Further details available]

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LL/63252
Unidentified photographer
Identification Wated (Nevada State Police)
1909, 1 February
Printed and typed circular
 
Private collection of Joe Bauman
 
LL/63252

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LL/113485
Unidentified photographer (USA)
An identification card for John Egan, Westchester County Penitentiary and Work House
1924, 1 February
Identification card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/113485

25 of 70
LL/113484
Unidentified photographer (USA)
An identification card with "Bertillon Measurements"
n.d.
Identification card
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/113484

26 of 70
LL/94277
Unidentified photographer
Mussolini's booking file following his arrest by Swiss police, June 19, 1903, Bern
1903, 19 June
Bertillon card
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/94277

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LL/105043
Emil Rye (Odense, Denmark)
Mugshot
n.d.
Photograph
 
Odense Bys Museer
 
LL/105043

28 of 70
LL/105044
Emil Rye (Odense, Denmark)
Mugshot
n.d.
Photograph
 
Odense Bys Museer
 
LL/105044

29 of 70
LL/66234
Unidentified photographer
Emma Goldman
1916-1919
Silver print
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Images & Objects: Photographs & Photobooks, 19 April 2016, Lot: 274
 
LL/66234 [Further details available]

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LL/46007
Unidentified photographer
James Williams, Larceny, 24th August 1902, Arrested at: North Shields Police Station
[Prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916]
n.d.
Photographic print
 
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Tyne and Wear Archives ref: DX1388-1-5-James Williams
 
LL/46007 [Further details available]

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LL/47930
New South Wales. Police Dept.
Mug shot of "Mrs Osbourne". Location and details unknown
1919 (ca)
Glass plate negative, Mug shot
 
Historic Houses Trust
Justice & Police Museum, Record no: 31169
 
LL/47930

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LL/52246
Unidentified photographers
Mug shots from various Police Departments in the U.S.,
1877-1904
Carte de visites
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Auction, 12 Dec 2013, Sale no: 2335, Lot: 14
 
LL/52246

33 of 70
LL/113486
Unidentified photographers (USA)
Four cartes de visite of criminals of Massachusetts.
n.d.
Cartes de visite (x4), with backs
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/113486

34 of 70
LL/47929
New South Wales. Dept. of Prisons
Annie Gunderson, criminal record number 551LB, State Reformatory for Women, Long Bay, NSW
1922, 20 September
Glass plate negative, Mug shot
4.75 x 6.5
 
Historic Houses Trust
Justice & Police Museum, Record no: 34252
 
LL/47929

35 of 70
LL/55658
Unidentified photographer
John Dillinger
1934
Gelatin silver print
3 x 5 ins (7.6 x 12.7 cm)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Courtesy of Swann Galleries (Auction, Oct 17, 2014, #2361, Lot 93)
 
LL/55658

36 of 70
LL/24178
Unidentified photographer
Mugshot Rubin Greenfield, 41584
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, mugshot
8 1/2 x 5 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
 
LL/24178 [Further details available]

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LL/24172
Unidentified photographer
Mugshot 2398
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, mugshot
3 x 2 7/8 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
 
LL/24172 [Further details available]

38 of 70
LL/115109
Police Department of Rochester, New York
Mugshot - James Lynch
1914-1929
Silver print, mugshot
3 x 4 1/2 in. (7.6 x 11.4 cm.)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 123
 
LL/115109

39 of 70
LL/115111
Police Department of Rochester, New York
Mugshot - Laura Edmunds
1914-1929
Silver print, mugshot
3 x 4 1/2 in. (7.6 x 11.4 cm.)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 123
 
LL/115111

40 of 70
LL/115108
Police Department of Rochester, New York
Mugshot - Hugh Brough
1914-1929
Silver print, mugshot
3 x 4 1/2 in. (7.6 x 11.4 cm.)
 
Swann Galleries - New York
21 October 2021, Sale 2583, Lot: 123
 
LL/115108

41 of 70
LL/73661
Unidentified photographer
Arrest portrait of Gustav Klutsis
1938, January
Mugshot
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
Source requested.
 
LL/73661

42 of 70
LL/114456
Unidentified photographer
Police record for Joseph Stain
1902
Police record
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/114456 [Further details available]

43 of 70
LL/105638
Unidentified police photographer
"Police Dept. Jackson, Miss 20897 5-24-61" - Identity photography for Dion Diamond
1961, 24 May
Gelatin silver print, police identity photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/105638

44 of 70
LL/105639
Unidentified police photographer
"Sherriffs Office Baton Rouge Louisiana 2 1 62 55652" - Identity photography for Dion Diamond
1962, 1 February
Gelatin silver print, police identity photograph
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/105639

45 of 70
LL/80424
Unidentified police photographer
Mugshot for Jane Fonda
1970, 3 November
Gelatin silver print, mugshot
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/80424

46 of 70
LL/43624
David Dare Parker
The Tuol Sleng Genocide Museum, the former Phnom Penh high school which was used as the notorious Security Prison 21 (S-21) by the Khmer Rouge regime from its rise to power in 1975 to its fall in 1979
[Security Prison 21 (s-21), Cambodia]
2009, November
Black and white image
 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker
© David Dare Parker
 
LL/43624 [Further details available]

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LL/78884
Unidentified photographer(s)
The Inspector's Model
1881-1886 (ca)
Collotype
 
Rijksmuseum
RP-F-2001-7-1056-2
 
LL/78884 [Further details available]

48 of 70
LL/35045
The Inspector's Model
1886
Book plate
 
Google Books
 
LL/35045 [Further details available]

49 of 70
LL/69419
S.L. Fildes
The Bashful Model
1873
Magazine cartoon
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/69419 [Further details available]

50 of 70
LL/69420
Unidentified artist
[A criminal being restrained as he is photographed]
n.d.
Book illustration
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/69420 [Further details available]

51 of 70
LL/69980
M.F. (artist)
Sketches in Newgate: Taking prisoners' photographs
1873, 22 February
Engraving
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/69980 [Further details available]

52 of 70
LL/120064
M.F. (artist)
Sketches in Newgate: Taking prisoners' photographs
1873, 22 February
Woodcut
4 x 6 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No.2020.489
 
LL/120064

53 of 70
LL/74053
Unidentified photographer
[Photographic set-up for taking portraits and mugshots]
1930s
Gelatin silver print
 
New York City Municipal Archives
NYPD photo collection
 
LL/74053

54 of 70
LL/76454
Julius M. Price
Prison-Life in Siberia - Photographing a Criminal.
1894, 3 May (published)
Magazine illustration
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/76454 [Further details available]

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LL/76497
Albert Levering (cartoonist)
The Idea Is All Right But -- Instead Of "Bertilloning" The Depositors, As Proposed, Why Not Take The Measure Of the Bank Officials?
1900-1915 (ca)
Cartoon
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/76497 [Further details available]

56 of 70
LL/113529
E. Solvet
La Affaire Gouffe
1890
Engraving
10 x 14 in.
 
Archive Farms
The Patrick Montgomery Collection, Object No. 2021.055
 
LL/113529

57 of 70
LL/84141
Unidentified artist
The Crook and the Photographer
1892, February
Magazine illustration
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
 
LL/84141 [Further details available]

58 of 70
LL/76457
Unidentified photographer
A mugshot being taken at Police Headquarters inBudapest, Hungary
1905 (ca)
Photograph
 
Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library - FSZEK
 
LL/76457

59 of 70
LL/80135
Federal Bureau of Investigation
[Special agent going through mugshots]
1939 (ca)
Silver print
 
Swann Galleries - New York
Sale 2466, Icons & Images: Photographs & Photobooks, 15 February 2018, Lot: 272
 
LL/80135

60 of 70
LL/82298
Unidentified photographer
Crime - N.Y. Police, Rogues' Gallery
1909, July
Photograph
 
Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Bain Collection (41,459), Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-90825, Call Number/Physical Location: LOT 10920 [P&P;]
 
LL/82298

61 of 70
LL/105312
Unidentified photographer (Chinese)
Chinese detention center portrait of a woman
[Beijing Silvermine, Detention - 17 18 19]
1991-1993 (taken)
Photograph, from found negative
 
Private collection of Thomas Sauvin
Silvermine-Archive---Detention---01GA---315---24
 
LL/105312 [Further details available]

62 of 70
LL/105319
Unidentified photographer (Chinese)
Chinese detention center portrait of a man
[Beijing Silvermine, Detention - 17 18 19]
1991-1993 (taken)
Photograph, from found negative
 
Private collection of Thomas Sauvin
Silvermine-Archive---Detention---08GA---229---15
 
LL/105319 [Further details available]

63 of 70
LL/90341
Book cover for The Holt Brewery Co. Ltd. Black List.
1902 (ca)
Book cover
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/90341 [Further details available]

64 of 70
LL/90340
Title page for Home Office, 1906, The Report of the Inspector under The Inebriates Acts, 1879 to 1900, For the Year 1905, (London: His Majestry's Stationary Office)
1906
Book title page
 
Dr Jeffrey Stern
 
LL/90340 [Further details available]

65 of 70
LL/95453
Unidentified photographer
Reward Escaped Convict - Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, Washington
1914, 17 January (wet stamp)
Wanted poster
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/95453

66 of 70
LL/82291
The Daguerreotype An Instrument of Police.
1841, 23 December
Newspaper article
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/82291 [Further details available]

67 of 70
LL/112303
"Picture Taking."
1870, 22 July
Newspaper article
 
Internet - Original source ill-defined
 
LL/112303 [Further details available]

68 of 70
LL/105083
Unidentified photographer
Back for "Mrs Maxwell's Rocky Mountain Museum Series."
[Colorado Scenery]
1875 (copyright)
Stereoview, back
 
Private collection of Mike Zohn
 
LL/105083

69 of 70
LL/116544
Unidentified photographer
"Reward Good Wishes" - "Wanted to Express Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"
1946, 25 December
Christmas card
 
Private collection of Robert E. Jackson
 
LL/116544

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
African Americans - Abolitionists
American struggles for civil rights - Abolitionists
American struggles for civil rights - Introduction to American struggles for civil rights
Cambodia - David Dare Parker: Security Prison 21 (S-21)
Cambodia - Introduction to photography in Cambodia
Cambodian Civil War (1967-1975) - David Dare Parker: Security Prison 21 (S-21)
China - Beijing Silvermine, Detention - 17 18 19 (1991-1993)
Crime and punishment - Alphonse Bertillon: Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise
Crime and punishment - American mugshots
Crime and punishment - Anthropometric records - Alphonse Bertillon system
Crime and punishment - Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914
Crime and punishment - Introduction to crime and punishment
Crime and punishment - Wanted criminals
Daguerreotypes - Daguerreotypes: Portraits
Denmark - Introduction to photography in Denmark
Ephemera - Introduction to ephemera
Humour - Humorous illustrations and photography
Identity documents and badges - New South Wales. Police Dept.
Identity documents and badges - Prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916
Identity documents and badges - Thomas Byrnes: Professional Criminals of America (1886)
Interiors of photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Lines and shapes - Grids
Memory - Introduction to memory
Memory - Picture in Picture
Mugshots - Alphonse Bertillon: Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise
Mugshots - American mugshots
Mugshots - Beijing Silvermine, Detention - 17 18 19 (1991-1993)
Mugshots - David Dare Parker: Security Prison 21 (S-21)
Mugshots - Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914
Mugshots - Introduction to mugshots and rogues' galleries
Mugshots - Mugshots: Police Department of Rochester, New York (1914-1929)
Mugshots - New South Wales. Police Dept.
Mugshots - Prisoners brought before the North Shields Police Court between 1902 and 1916
Mugshots - Thomas Byrnes: Professional Criminals of America (1886)
Mugshots - Warden's book detailing prisoners received at California prison San Quentin, March 1935-December 1935
Non-canonical photography - American mugshots
Non-canonical photography - New South Wales. Police Dept.
Paper objects - Wanted criminals
Photographers - Illustrations of people taking photographs
Photographic studios - Photographs of the interiors of photographic shops and studios
Photography assimilated into popular culture - Humorous illustrations and photography
Police and law enforcement photography - Anthropometric records - Alphonse Bertillon system
Police and law enforcement photography - The Pinkerton Detective Agency and photography
Police and law enforcement photography - Wanted criminals
Portrait - Introduction to the portrait
Portrait - Salt prints: Portraits
Portrait - Tintypes: Portraits
Prisons - David Dare Parker: Security Prison 21 (S-21)
Prisons - Introduction to prisons and incarceration
Racial issues - Introduction to racial issues
Salt prints - Salt prints: Portraits
Slavery, abolition and civil rights - Abolitionists
Social outsiders - Wanted criminals
Sweden - Introduction to photography in Sweden
Tintypes - Tintypes: Portraits
Tipped-in photographs and books illustrated with photographs - Thomas Byrnes: Professional Criminals of America (1886)
Vernacular - American mugshots
Vernacular - Description of Prisoners Received at the California State Prison, May 1909-December 1914
Vernacular - Introduction to vernacular photography
War - Wars and the lack of photographic evidence


 
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