1916 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE FILE MUG SHOT FUGITIVE COOK

1916 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE FILE MUG SHOT FUGITIVE COOK (image 1/2)
1916 SAN FRANCISCO POLICE FILE MUG SHOT FUGITIVE COOK (image 2/2)
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FASCINATING VINTAGE POLICE FILE CARD FROM BUREAU OF IDENTIFICATION SAN FRANCISCO DEPARTMENT OF POLICE THIS CARD HAS AN ORIGINAL PHOTO THAT IS 92 YEARS OLD. THESE POLICE FILE CARDS ARE FROM THE BARBARY COAST ERA OF EARLY SAN FRANCISCO WHEN IT WAS COMING OF AGE AND REBUILDING FROM THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE OF 1906. T WERE HORSE DRAWN CARRIAGES AND THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL WAS ONE OF THE FIRST HOTELS TO FEATURE A PHONE IN EVERY ROOM! SAN FRANCISCO WAS A CITY COMING OF AGE WITH A LARGE CRIMINAL ELEMENT. CRIMINAL NAME: ED SAWYER- ALIAS FRANK SAWYER NATIVITY: MICHIGAN AGE: 33 COLOR: LISTED AS WHITE OCCUPATION: COOK CRIME: FUGITIVE - WANTED MAN SENTENCE: NOT LISTED I PURCHASED A COLLECTION OF ORIGINAL POLICE FILE CARDS THAT CAME FROM A 90+ YEAR OLD MAN. THESE HAVE BEEN STORED AWAY CAREFULLY FOR OVER 50 YEARS IN A DRY PLACE. ALL CAME FROM THE SAN FRANCISCO POLICE DEPARTMENT BUT SOME ORIGINATED IN OTHER CITIES LIKE BERKELEY AND OAKLAND AND WERE SENT TO SF. THE SUBJECTS WERE PHOTOGRAPHED AND INFORMATION WAS HAND WRITTEN OR TYPED ON EACH CARD. THESE ARE FROM BEFORE THE TIME THAT FINGER PRINTING BECAME STANDARD. THE SYSTEM USED (THE BERTOLLIN SYSTEM) INVOLVED MAKING SPECIFIC BODY MEASUREMENTS. A NUMBER OF DIMENSIONS WERE RECORDED FOR THE HEAD, LEGS, AND ARMS. THESE WERE FELT TO BE UNIQUE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL AND THE DATA WAS RECORDED ON THESE POLICE FILE read more
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