Genealogy Projects tagged with mugshot on the Geni Family Tree

Mugshot Collections

Introduction=A mugshot is a photograph usually taken after a person is arrested. The original purpose of the mugshot was for the police to have a photographic record of the person to allow for identification by investigators and victims. Taking photographs of persons who were arrested began in the 1840's. Alphonse Bertillon standardized the process of taking these photographs in 1888, a process...