The New South Wales police department took over 2500 photographs of its inmates between the years of 1910 and 1930. Here are some images from the collection as well as the stories that go with them.
Who thought that getting arrested would be the time to flash your pearly whites and look happy? However, these unique mug shots prove that some people don’t mind being arrested and detained.
These are historical mug shots of women taken at the turn of the twentieth century in Australia. All the femme fatales had their pictures taken right after the charges were levied on them.
The project Faces of Meth is organized by Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office to demonstrate faces that went from drugs to mugs. Do you still not believe in the toll of drug abuse?
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