The Greatest Gangster Generation? Mugshots from the 1920s

[Jaxworx]

Our criminal couture would not appear to be improving.

http://themetapicture.com/police-mugshots-in-the-1920s/

 

[2jakes]

Some of my favorites...

A.Capone _______________________________C.Barrow_________________________

 

[Sloan1874]

This one gives a bit of detail about what each man did: http://twistedsifter.com/2011/05/vintage-mugshots-from-1920s-black-white/

 

[Tomasso]

Appears that the majority were Irish.

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

These images have been posted many times here as people find them on the web.
If you are interested in see them all go here.:
Histroic Houses Trust New South Wales
Back in 2011 Ralph Lauren used the pictures for their store displays.
Ralph Lauren:crimes-of-fashion-gangsters-turn-heads-again