Collection of American Mugshot Photographs.

[Crime–Mugshots] Collection of American Mugshot Photographs. Chicago/Joliet/San Francisco. 1910s/1950s (bulk 1950s). 62 original double mugshot photographs (face and profile) affixed to police department (many from Cook County) or penitentiary cards bearing on the reverse a typed or hand written identification of the individual by name, alias, sentence, previous records, and crime attributed to him which range from armed burglary, rape, con games, assault, manslaughter, larceny, drug dealing, grand larceny, and others. Approx. 3 x 5” and 6 x 5 ½”. Occasional marring and soiling to verso. Good.