Early Mugshots from the 1860's

[packman]

Garroter, moll bugger, Steamboat thief, coneyman - Mugshots that are now collectors items



More of the early deplorables at:

https://timeline.com/americas-oldest-mugshots-show-the-naked-faces-of-the-downtrodden-criminal-and-marginalized-1100045af179

[yallerdawg]

1. Great pictures.

I've been drawn to stories about the seedy sordidness of American history like Robert R. McCammon's "Matthew Corbett" series and Caleb Carr's "Alienist" books, Scorcese's "Gangs of New York," BBC America's series "Copper," and Cinemax "The Knick."

History explains exactly why we are what we are today.

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. That's John Travolta-like, isn't it? n/t