Explore 20 haunting mugshots from Victorian England that reveal how photography, crime, and modern policing first came together.
Before digital databases and forensic science, the faces of crime in Victorian England were captured on glass plates and sepia film. These mugshots, taken in dim police stations across the 19th century, marked the dawn of modern policing. Each of…
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