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Hunting party in Mexico (1903).

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In Prisoners, New York artist and photographer Arne Svenson presents some two dozen portraits of turn-of-the-century prisoners, which the artist developed from found negatives. Each image (about one to two feet) is a diptych mug-shot (full face and profile), with the criminal’s name and crime etched into the emulsion and visible above the subject’s head. The crimes range from petty larceny to murder in various ages and races.
We've seen similar mug shots before. Back then from Australia I believe. Fascinating insight into part of society the way it really was back then. These people do not look like they just stepped out of GQ magazine. In three parts.

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In Prisoners, New York artist and photographer Arne Svenson presents some two dozen portraits of turn-of-the-century prisoners, which the artist developed from found negatives. Each image (about one to two feet) is a diptych mug-shot (full face and profile), with the criminal’s name and crime etched into the emulsion and visible above the subject’s head. The crimes range from petty larceny to murder in various ages and races.
We've seen similar mug shots before. Back then from Australia I believe. Fascinating insight into part of society the way it really was back then. These people do not look like they just stepped out of GQ magazine. In three parts.

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Good ol’ Franky ‘no nose’.
 

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Well, some of them certainly look the part, but it is striking how young some of these guys are.

That caught my attention too. I'm wondering how many of these younger ones were stealing to survive in hard times (whether they were on their own or stealing for their family), but the young murderer especially puzzles me too. That would be an interesting story, I bet.

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So of course I had to go hunting... I had assumed these were New York photos but that seems not to be the case:

https://www.newspapers.com/article/san-francisco-chronicle-claude-hankins-o/10656092/

Seems the fourteen-year-old Claude was a thief and liar as well as a murderer.

It's amazing what you can find on the internet. How much of it you can believe is another story... ;)
 
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