Omss-Culture: Culturebox: A Short History of Mug Shots



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gallery A Short History of Mug Shots From Leon Trotsky to Johnny Cash to Jane Fonda. Posted Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at 7:14 AM ET The first known photograph of a person is said to have been taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838 or 1839. The widespread use of photography to record the faces of criminals, however, didn't catch on until the 1880s. According to the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, the legal system's delay in making full use of the new technology was due in part to the high cost and complexity of photography at the time and in part to the unresolved question of whether an image could actually function as evidence in a court of law. To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Is Krystal Ball the Sarah Palin of the Left? Why Pollsters' Predictions Can Be So Embarrassingly Wrong Are There Any Minerals That the Earth Has Completely Run Out Of?	Advertisement
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gallery A Short History of Mug Shots From Leon Trotsky to Johnny Cash to Jane Fonda. Posted Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, at 7:14 AM ET The first known photograph of a person is said to have been taken by Louis Daguerre in 1838 or 1839. The widespread use of photography to record the faces of criminals, however, didn't catch on until the 1880s. According to the Encyclopedia of Nineteenth-Century Photography, the legal system's delay in making full use of the new technology was due in part to the high cost and complexity of photography at the time and in part to the unresolved question of whether an image could actually function as evidence in a court of law. To continue reading, click here. Join the Fray: our reader discussion forum What did you think of this article? POST A MESSAGE \| READ MESSAGES Also In Slate Is Krystal Ball the Sarah Palin of the Left? Why Pollsters' Predictions Can Be So Embarrassingly Wrong Are There Any Minerals That the Earth Has Completely Run Out Of?	Advertisement
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Culturebox: A Short History of Mug Shots

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