sydneyflapper: ciarradactyl: tyrannosaurpaddock: owlectomy: Mug shots from 1920s Australia Fay Watson was arrested in 1928 for possession of cocaine. She was fined 10 pounds. Oh these are great Sure, she was arrested for cocaine possession…BUT LOOK AT HER FABULOUS HAIR. One thing I love about this collection is the indication of how “ordinary” people dressed (even if many are from what the 19th century would have called the “dangerous classes”). I love the fact that she’s wearing tango shoes (demonstrating they did continue this far into the 20s), has a knotted rope of opera length pearls (some people dispute they were worn knotted in the 20s) and her hairstyle, which is indicative of a type of bob we don’t often see depicted. this is really damn cool EDIT: Ok, neat for historical reasons, but what the hell does this mean? Man-woman murderer: Harry Crawford, above looks like a man but her real name was Eugenia Falleni (right). She spent most of her life masquerading as a man.  In 1913 she married  widow, Annie Birkett, whom she later murdered. The case whipped the public into a frenzy as they clamoured for details of the ‘man-woman’ murderer.Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103393/Womens-mug-shots-1920s-Australia.html#ixzz1nDzv7J2I Masquerading? Really now?  I know these cases are from the early 1900s, but the author isn’t.

sydneyflapper:

ciarradactyl:

tyrannosaurpaddock:

owlectomy:

Mug shots from 1920s Australia

Fay Watson was arrested in 1928 for possession of cocaine. She was fined 10 pounds.

Oh these are great

Sure, she was arrested for cocaine possession…
BUT LOOK AT HER FABULOUS HAIR.

One thing I love about this collection is the indication of how “ordinary” people dressed (even if many are from what the 19th century would have called the “dangerous classes”). I love the fact that she’s wearing tango shoes (demonstrating they did continue this far into the 20s), has a knotted rope of opera length pearls (some people dispute they were worn knotted in the 20s) and her hairstyle, which is indicative of a type of bob we don’t often see depicted.

this is really damn cool

EDIT: Ok, neat for historical reasons, but what the hell does this mean?

Man-woman murderer: Harry Crawford, above looks like a man but her real name was Eugenia Falleni (right). She spent most of her life masquerading as a man.  In 1913 she married  widow, Annie Birkett, whom she later murdered. The case whipped the public into a frenzy as they clamoured for details of the ‘man-woman’ murderer.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103393/Womens-mug-shots-1920s-Australia.html#ixzz1nDzv7J2I

Masquerading? Really now?  I know these cases are from the early 1900s, but the author isn’t.

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