Mugshots from the 1920s

The Historic Houses Trust in Australia has produced a beautiful collection of vintage mugshots of criminals, or those implicated in crime from the 1920s. Many of these intriguing photographs are also accompanied by a description of the person and the crime(s) they have committed. For example, the image above of Mr. William Stanley Moore was taken May 1st, 1925. The caption describes him as: an opium dealer operating with large quantities of faked opium and cocaine. Also a wharf labourer and associates with water front thieves and drug traders.

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