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Mugshots From the 1920's
« on: May 08, 2012, 12:19:35 PM »
Compare and contrast to our current crop of "gangsters".

 http://twistedsifter.com/2011/05/vintage-mugshots-from-1920s-black-white/
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2012, 12:46:53 PM »
These are Australians. They dress well to show their pride in the family business, a tradition of crime imported from the old country.
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2012, 12:50:26 PM »
Nobody there I was familiar with, but if they were Aussies, that's understandable.

Take a look at how so many of our gangstas dress . . . even the Brits notice.

http://i.telegraph.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01208/obama_1208587i.jpg
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2012, 02:24:23 PM »
The women looked a lot harder and were not nearly as fashionable. They also seemed to like razors as weapons:

http://twistedsifter.com/2011/09/femme-fatales-35-vintage-female-mug-shots/
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2012, 02:37:25 PM »
^^^ The hookers looked frightening.  I understand the concept of 'any port in a storm', but still......
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2012, 07:57:40 PM »
I know that most drugs were legal and cheap in the old days, but I didnt realize that cocaine snorting was so common. They shoulda had "a war" on it.
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2012, 09:02:57 PM »
Clothes & hairstyles change, but the expressions remain the same: hangdog, confused, smirking or batspit crazy.
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Re: Mugshots From the 1920's
« Reply #7 on: May 08, 2012, 09:57:13 PM »
No. 7, De Gracy, may be the single most evil looking person I have ever seen.
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