In the 1890s, Mugshots Used a Mirror and Had to Show a Person’s Hands

In the 1890s, Mugshots Used a Mirror and Had to Show a Person’s Hands
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In 1871, the Prevention of Crimes Act made it a legal requirement that anybody who was arrested in England and Wales had to have their photograph taken—thus was born the official “mug shot”.

But mug shots from the late 1800s look very different from the ones you might see today. This photograph shows a page […].

1890s mugshots used mirror had show

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