(via Sally Jane Vintage)
The photos date from the early 1900s to the 1980s. Some of them include information (age, height, weight, occupation, etc.) and reason for arrest (ranging from vagrancy to public intoxication to being a communist and a myriad of other mugshot inducing offenses). The diverse facial expressions tell so many different stories. Some glower, some look frightened, some are trying to look tough, but you can see the fear in their eyes. And some, inexplicably, are laughing. You can't help but wonder about the backstory to these images: what kind of life experiences drove them to that particular moment captured forever on film? Interesting stuff.
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