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Australian Mugshots Taken in the 1920's (8 phoots)

Taken in the 1920's, these mugshots from Sydney's police archives are incredibly fascinating. Even ignoring the context of each photo, the portraits turned out to be really artistic. I'm curious to know what crime each person is accused of and what their mental state was at the time... …

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Posted on January 26, 2011 at 12:00pm — 4 Comments

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At 11:45am on January 30, 2011, Lindsay Soppet said…: http://www.pictureaustralia.org/apps/pictureaustralia?action=PASearch&mode=display&rs=resultset-862119&no=1

http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/picturerecord.jsp?recno=31178

hey Cathryn i don't know if you've seen these already but thought id share :)

http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/resbyfield.jsp?term=New+South+Wales.+Police+Dept.+&field=AUTHOR&searchtable=CATALOGUE_SEARCH_PICTURES&displayFormat=TABLE careful with this last page has some graphis images (crime scene photos from early 1900's and such)

At 4:16pm on January 7, 2011, Eugene said…: Hi Cathryn! Welcome to theMET!! I'm a senior editor here. Glad you've joined our community and jumped right into the conversation!!