The Chubachus Library of Photographic History

Mugshot of a unidentified man arrested by police in Sacramento, California, c. 1869. Source: Sacramento Police Department.

Mugshot of a Russian convict serving a life sentence working in a mine in Siberia, c. 1901. From an issue of Black and White Budget.

“Spanish Civil Guards examining the corpse of a famous brigand,” c. 1902. By Canovas. From Black and White Illustrated Budget.