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Mugshots from the 1920s are Significantly Cooler Than Mugshots from Today
- 11thEarlOfMar 13y agoThe hats are awesome. And I'd love to see what the colors were and how they bring out the personalities.
- dredwerker 13y agoThe women weren't looking at their best whereas the men in the main look quite cool.
- jdbernard 13y agoAnything we can do to make criminal activity unromantic is a good thing my book.
- eruditely 13y agoThe states definition of criminals or criminal actors has been wrong many times, certain criminals are cool and romantic in many profound ways.
- Renaud 13y agoWhile these old photographs have a certain aesthetic appeal, none of the people depicted in them appears particularly glamorous. Most of these pictures bear witness to a harsh life. It would be interesting to find out the charge for each person.
- jotm 13y agoLike drug possession and alcohol production.
- WalterBright 13y agoWilliam Moore is definitely rockin' the house.
- vezzy-fnord 13y agoS. Skukerman has that very distinct, wizard-like facial appearance. Quite intimidating.
- CamperBob2 13y agoNot always: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/david-bowie http://www.thesmokinggun.com/mugshots/celebrity/music/david-...
- brightsize 13y agoFantastic. The villains back in the day sure knew how to dress. Contrast them to today's versions: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/mug-shots-121313 http://www.thesmokinggun.com/file/mug-shots-121313 How far we've fallen...
- protomyth 13y agoI was looking at old photos from the 40's of my relatives in rural North Dakota. They look better than any photo I've ever taken. Uncle Joe was a spiffy dresser (so were his kids and wife). He also was dirt poor, so I'm a bit shocked at how well he is dressed.
- mhurron 13y agoWe equate suits and ties with being dressed up and well dressed now, but that was normal style for many people in many walks of life then. There would have been very cheap jackets and shirts just the same as there are very cheap jeans and t-shirts in contrast to very expensive dress. There is also the fact that even in the 40's having your clothes made at home was not unusual and simply getting squares of cloth was cheaper than pre-made. So they may look very dapper and done up now, but then it might not have been the same. We can't look back at photographs with the same eye to fashion as we would now.
- KamiKazeKenji 13y agoSome of it probably has to do with the fact that everyone back then dressed better. MUCH better. Nowadays it's black people with T-shirts that are WAY too big for them, or chubby hairy white people with nothing but a tank top and shorts.
- jotm 13y agoThey also dressed much more uncomfortably - suits and hats in 100 degrees heat, as well as -20. But they also valued dignity and discipline, and were generally pretty damn hardcore compared to nowadays...