Textbook "glassy" eyes.
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I wondered if he was blind or had recently departed?
Yeah, I thought the same.
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Maybe someone took him to the “train station”?
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Hunting party in Mexico (1903).
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Manhattan. New York. 1950s by H. Armstrong Roberts
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“WINTER IN NEW YORK”
DECEMBER 26, 1947
DECEMBER 26, 1947
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The founder of Cadillac Henry Leland He is cranking a 1906 Cadillac Model "M" Touring
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Cowboys
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~ Photographer:
Tony Law ~
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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.
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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Crimes notwithstanding, those are some pretty incredible photographs. Thanks for sharing.
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Good ol’ Franky ‘no nose’.
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Crystal City, Texas
1939
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Alfonso Steele, 91 , the last surviving combatant of the Battle of San Jacinto.
1909
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1939
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Alfonso Steele, 91 , the last surviving combatant of the Battle of San Jacinto.
1909
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Wondering who did the little fellow Claude Hankins did away with?
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Well, some of them certainly look the part, but it is striking how young some of these guys are.
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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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