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1.Unidentified photographer / artist
1867
Carte de visite being used at the Universal Exhibit of 1867 in Paris (front)

Carte de visite
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/10612
2.Unidentified photographer / artist
1867
Carte de visite being used at the Universal Exhibit of 1867 in Paris (reverse)

Carte de visite
Archives of Modern Conflict OR National Gallery of Canada
LL/10613
3.Unidentified photographer
1867
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1867

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38761
4.Unidentified photographer
1867
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1867

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38762
5.Unidentified photographer
1867
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1867

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38763
6.Unidentified photographer
1876, 10 May - 10 November
Identity pass No.13078 for the "United States International Exhibition Philadelphia"

Identity pass, outside
4 1/4 x 6 ins
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
LL/41169
7.Unidentified photographer
1876, 10 May - 10 November
Identity pass No.13078 for the "United States International Exhibition Philadelphia"

Identity pass, inside
4 1/4 x 6 ins
 
Private collection of Jack and Beverly Wilgus
An oval albumen print of Mr. Rohrer has been mounted on the pass and blind-stamped to discourage tampering. There is a box around the edge for each day the fair was open. There are eleven dates that have been punched out.
 
LL/41170
8.Unidentified photographer
1878
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1878

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38767
9.Unidentified photographer
1878
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1878

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38768
10.Unidentified photographer
1878
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle Paris 1878

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38769
11.Unidentified photographer
1897
Identity card for the Exposition Internationale - Wederlandsche Tentoonstelling Bruxelles 1897

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38764
12.Unidentified photographer
1897
Identity card for the Exposition Internationale - Wederlandsche Tentoonstelling Bruxelles 1897

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38765
13.Unidentified photographer
1897
Identity card for the Exposition Internationale - Wederlandsche Tentoonstelling Bruxelles 1897

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38766
14.Unidentified photographer
1900
[Victor Champier : carte de presse]

Press card
J. Paul Getty Museum
GRI Digital Collections, Object Number: 94-A11
 
Victor Champier's press identification for the Exposition universelle internationale de 1900.
 
LL/51559
15.Unidentified photographer
1905
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle de Liege 1905

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38755
16.Unidentified photographer
1905
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle de Liege 1905

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38756
17.Unidentified photographer
1905
Identity card for the Exposition Universelle de Liege 1905

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38757
18.Unidentified photographer
1911
Austrian identity card

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38758
19.Unidentified photographer
1911
Austrian identity card

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38759
20.Unidentified photographer
1911
Austrian identity card

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38760
21.Unidentified photographer
1929
Czechoslovakian identity card

Identity card, front
Private collection
LL/38752
22.Unidentified photographer
1929
Czechoslovakian identity card

Identity card, back
Private collection
LL/38753
23.Unidentified photographer
1929
Czechoslovakian identity card

Identity card, front and back
Private collection
LL/38754
24.Unidentified photographer
1898
"Wanted" Photo for Criminal Wm. L. Walsh

Carte de visite
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#7912)
 
Head-shot of a wanted criminal, with his personal details and his crime noted on the back of the card.
 
LL/14295
25.Unidentified photographer
1898
"Wanted" Photo for Criminal Wm. L. Walsh (Reverse)

Carte de visite
Charles Schwartz Ltd
Courtesy of Charles Schwartz (#7912)
 
Head-shot of a wanted criminal, with his personal details and his crime noted on the back of the card.
 
LL/14296
26.Unidentified photographer
1907, 1 October
A mugshot showing Patrick Lewis, a twenty-six-year-old "1/2 breed Indian" sailor from Snohomish, Washington, being held indefinitely for Grand Larceny

Mugshot
4 x 5.5 in
 
Paul Frecker
Hand-written details on the reverse of the mount list his particulars, including his habits - 'Intemperance, Tobacco' - and the anchor tattooed in blue ink inside his right forearm.
 
The pair of images together measure 4" by 5.5" (100 mm by 140 mm) and the print is mounted on a slightly larger piece of black Bristol board with printed borders.
 
LL/18602
27.Unidentified photographer
1907, 1 October
A mugshot showing Henry Anderson, a twenty-seven-year-old sailor from King County, Washington State, being held indefinitely for Burglary.

Mugshot
4 x 5.5 in
 
Paul Frecker
Hand-written details on the reverse of the mount list his particulars, including his habits - 'Intemperance, Tobacco' - and his tattoos, of which a full-rigged ship above a Swedish flag and his initials on his right forearm is the most interesting.
 
The pair of images together measure 4" by 5.5" (100 mm by 140 mm) and the print is mounted on a slightly larger piece of black Bristol board with printed borders.
 
LL/18603
28.Unknown (American)
n.d.
Mug shot - Escapee wanted for murder

Gelatin silver print
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/20621
29.Unknown (American)
1918
Workhouse identity card for time served

Identity card
Private collection of Brad Feuerhelm
LL/20428
30.News Service (unspecified)
1930 (ca)
Young man with his two wives

Silver print
8 x 10 in
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Caption reads : William Martin Russell, 24, an interior decorator with the two wiwes who he is futilely attempting to persuade not to prosecute him for bigamy. At the left is wife no.2. She was a divorcee, the former MrS. Florence Glick. She is 27 years of age. At the right is wife no1. She was a widow, the former Mrs. Letita Huthsing. She is 67 years old, white-haired and wealthy. She married William Russell in june of 1929. The case is arousing intense interest especially throughout the middlewest.
 
LL/30845
31.Alphonse Bertillon
1889
Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of 'La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise'

Carte de visite
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Police Studio anthropometric photograph - Bertillon system.
 
LL/30846
32.Alphonse Bertillon
1889
Criminal Jean Greniche Killer of 'La Fille Wilhem, said La Chinoise'

Carte de visite, back
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Police Studio anthropometric photograph - Bertillon system.
 
LL/30847
33.Unidentified photographer / artist
1930
Individual Card from Compagnie des Mines d'Aniche - Miner's name is Alfred Leclercq, born February 2, 1892 Goeulzin at Levergies

Identity card, detail
5.3 x 8.2 in
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Typical example of Bertillonage ID for workers during the first part of the 20th century.
 
LL/30463
34.Unidentified photographer / artist
1930
Individual Card from Compagnie des Mines d'Aniche - Miner's name is Alfred Leclercq, born February 2, 1892 Goeulzin at Levergies

Identity card
5.3 x 8.2 in
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Typical example of Bertillonage ID for workers during the first part of the 20th century.
 
LL/30464
35.Unidentified photographer / artist
1930
Individual Card from Compagnie des Mines d'Aniche - Miner's name is Alfred Leclercq, born February 2, 1892 Goeulzin at Levergies

Identity card
5.3 x 8.2 in
 
Past to Present: Vintage Photo Gallery
Typical example of Bertillonage ID for workers during the first part of the 20th century.
 
LL/30465
36.Unidentified photographer / artist
1926
New York Central Railroad ticket and holder

Railway ticket
Hastings Historical Society
Courtesy of the Hastings on Hudson Historical Society
 
This monthly commutation ticket, dated October of 1926, was used by Josephine Selvaggio who was a secretary at Commercial Investment Trust (now CIT) in Manhattan from 1920 to November of 1926. The ticket holder includes her photograph and the ticket has her signature on it. The ticket, which included "sixty-two single continuous rides in either direction between New York and Hastings-on-Hudson," cost Josephine $8.31.
 
LL/38247
37.Unidentified photographer
1938, 31 March
Mugshot Perry Lee, Allegedly Stole Several Pairs of Stockings at Flowers

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in (photo) 5 x 8 1/2 in (card)
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates)
 
LL/24136
38.Unidentified photographer
1934, 30 March
Mugshot Andrew Misner, Howard Hunter

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
8 1/2 x 6 1/2 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates) p.134
 
LL/24137
39.Unidentified photographer
1949, 28 March
Mugshot Lloyd Herman Carlson, Juvenile Delinquent

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in (photo) 5 x 8 1/2 in (card)
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates)
 
LL/24138
40.Unidentified photographer
1912, 29 June
Mugshot Charles Mischke, 25830, San Francisco

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
6 x 5 1/2 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates) p.78
 
LL/24141
41.Unidentified photographer
1938, 23 June
Mugshot Abe Brickman, Allegedly Receiving Obscene Literature through The Mail

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in (photo) 5 x 8 1/2 in (card)
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates)
 
LL/24143
42.Unidentified photographer
1940, 20 April
Mugshot Joseph P. McGraw

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
8 x 8 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates) p.170
 
LL/24165
43.Unidentified photographer
n.d.
Fay Wilson, Metropolitan Police Department Kansas City, MO

Gelatin silver print, mugshot
3 x 5 in
 
Steven Kasher Gallery
This photograph was included in the exhibition Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots at the Steven Kasher Gallery, New York (September 14, 2006 - October 28, 2006).
 
A book of American mugshots was also published Least Wanted: A Century of American Mugshots edited by Steven Kasher and Mark Michaelson, essay by Bob Nickas, texts by Mark Michaelson and Kio Stark (Steidl/Steven Kasher Gallery, 2006, Hardcover, 8.5 x 11 in. / 304 pages / 330 color plates)
 
LL/24169
44.Unidentified photographer
1939
UPU / Post Office three-year identity card in the name of Mohammad Mohammad Abu Kandil, a Giza engineer, his photograph affixed and tax paid with 2x20 Boy King stamps cancelled Cairo

Identity card
Private collection
This identity card was included in the "Egypt Study Circle Auction No 46 that closed on midnight October 1, 2008" (www.egyptstudycircle.org.uk), Lot.23. We are seeking the current owner and any details so this image can be fully credited.
 
LL/39496
45.Khalid Hadi
2003 (earlier)
Identity card of Mullah Omar - founder and head of Afghan Taliban

Identity card
Provided by the artist - Edward Grazda
Courtesy of Ed Grazda, photo copyright Khalid Hadi/Magnum photos
 
For an account of this identity card see: "Searching for Mullah Omar" by Ed Grazda (Vanity Fair, February 2003) Khalid Hadi was an official photographer for the Taliban. A further postscript "Searching for Mullah Omar" was published in April 2007 (Vanity Fair).
 
LL/32835
46.Unidentified photographer
1985
Passbook that the South African Blacks are required to carry.
[Apartheid - A Crime Against Humanity]

Color photograph
United Nations Photo
UN Photo/x. www.unmultimedia.org/photo/, creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.0/deed.en
 
LL/43119
47.Don McCullin
1975
Don McCullin's National Union of Journalists accreditation

Colour image
Imperial War Museum
Photograph © Imperial War Museum
 
During the late 1970s, changes occurred which would have a dramatic effect on Don McCullin's career as a photojournalist. The popular mood swung against the sort of journalism which had made the Sunday Times so successful in the 1960s. British newspapers, under pressure from television news coverage and a worsening economic climate, struggled with falling circulation. The powerful Fleet Street trade unions thwarted attempts to modernise newspaper production. At The Times and Sunday Times Don McCullin's work appeared less frequently.
 
McCullin, already struggling with war fatigue, injury and a disintegrating personal life, became increasingly frustrated and outspoken in his disagreements with editorial decisions. In 1983, he was sacked after publicly criticising editorial policy in a magazine interview.
 
This image was included in the exhibition "Shaped by War: Photographs by Don McCullin" at the Imperial War Museum North, Manchester, UK (6 February to 13 June 2010)
 
LL/34369
48.T. Bullock (Macclesfield)
1858
Placing photographs on address cards

Journal page
Google Books
Published in Photographic Notes, Vol. III, 1858, p.221
 
Superior Photographs on Cards,
Toile Ciree, &c.
 
These are taken direct in the camera, and prove very convenient for sending by Post, inserting in Lockets, &c.
 
A specimen sent by Post with further information for 12 Stamps.
 
Printed directions for packing the same with samples to simplify 5s.
 
"The specimen enclosed is good." London Photographic Journal.
 
"The Process is ingenious and it is evident will yield very beautiful results". Liverpool and Manchester Photographic Journal.
 
"Mr. Bullork has enclosed us a positive portrait on the back of one of his address Cards; the face of the card being perfectly clean. It is one of the prettiest portraits we have seen for some time." Photographic Notes, by T. Sutton, B.A.
 
T. BULLOCK, PHOTOGRAPHER,
BRUNSWICK STREET, MACCLESFIELD.
 
LL/34388
49.Unidentified photographer / artist
1852-1853
A daguerreotypist of Paris has proposed

Magazine page
Google Books
Published in "Bizarre, For Fireside and Wayside", Conducted by J.M. Church, Volume 2, November-March, 1852-3, p.305, (Philadelphia, Church & Co.)
 
A daguerreotypist of Paris has proposed to the government to have the likenesses of all persons who would obtain passports taken instanter, on paper, by a private invention of his own. A correspondent of one of the New York papers says on the subject: "I am told that the Prefect of Police has presented the project to the Emperor, and that this plan is to be immediately carried into execution. It will now be impossible for robbers and thieves to kill a man in order to take possession of a passport, which would be of no use to them." The daguerreotypist will make a good thing of it.
 
LL/34416
50.Unidentified photographer / artist
1867, 26 April
Season Tickets

Magazine page
Google Books
LL/38444
   
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