A few months ago I bought 15 rare photos from an established Oakland ephemera dealer who sells vintage mugshots. In my previous post I discussed an s era mugshot in which two photographs were taken of the same man and combined to create a composite photo.
I couldn't find out much about the man in the photos, however one thing is certain: he cooperated with having his photo taken. That was not always the โฆ Continue reading The Struggle. On the night of February 27, , her world came crashing down when she was arrested after her ill-fated attempt to burn down her house at Normal Avenue in Buffalo, New York.
The women in the mugshots is clearly disgusted. It looks like she just got a whiff of something nauseating and she's angry about it. Given the hair, make-up and clothes, it will come as no surprise that the photos were taken in The woman was suspected of running a prostitution business out of her โฆ Continue reading The Jonquil. According to the journalist Herbert Asbury, San Francisco's Barbary Coast in the midth century was a place where women were celebrated: There was such a dearth of females in the San Francisco of gold-rush days that a woman was almost as rare a sight as an elephant, while a child was an even more unusual โฆ Continue reading The Lost Chicken.
Despite the dire circumstances she found herself in, Fay took the time to style her hairโthe updo she sported in her mugshot is nothing short of magnificent.
As you stroll up Broadway โฆ Continue reading Scotch Mag. A young woman going by the name of Lena Duarte was sent to prison on Halloween day in Her crime? It happened in the early hours of the morning on December 4, Two police officers were standing outside the Broadway Jail in San Francisco when they noticed two men walk into Hinckley alley, a narrow pathway that ran next to the jail building.
