Last Updated on September 26, 2025 by Matt Staff
The 1960s didn’t just change the soundtrack; it changed the police photos. These mugshots captures a decade in flux, with ordinary people swept up in extraordinary moments, plus the occasional actor, musician, activist, or barefoot hippie staring down a flashbulb.
In this gallery, you’ll be flipping through 21 mugshots from the 1960s that feel like tiny time capsules. You’ll see protest and counterculture, fame and near-fame, and a whole lot of era-defining hair, all frozen at the hinge of history.
1. John Lewis was arrested for using a “white” bathroom in segregated Mississippi
2. This young lady didn’t even have time to take out her hair rollers before being arrested
3. A young Al Pacino’s mugshot
4. Leonard was part of the hippie community in Minneapolis back in the 60s
5. Larry Hoover was the founder of the Gangster Disciples
6. Charles Harrelson, father of actor Woody, was a ’60s hitman
7. This man was arrested for shooting empty beer cans
8. Mugshots of Hugh Hefner, arrested in 1963
9. Carol wasn’t very happy with being arrested
10. Johnny Cash was arrested in El Paso back in 1965
11. This young woman was arrested for protesting against segregation
12. In 1967, Steven Tyler was arrested in New York
13. One of the 1960s mugshots of Jim Morrison
14. Mugshot of Martin Luther King Jr. after his arrest in Birmingham, 1963
15. This mugshot has a whole lot of 1960s vibes
16. A teenage Ed Kemper, after being arrested for the murder of his grandparents
17. This lady was arrested at a bar raid in 1964
18. Frank Morris, one of the 1960s Alcatraz escapees
19. A mugshot of the former Colombo Family Capo Dominic “Donnie Shacks” Montemarano
20. Some 1960s “bad boy” energies in this mugshot
21. Anna Belle just wanted to be done with the mugshots
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