20th Century Mugshots Online

Random fun fact
The Justice Police Museum has a archive of 20th century police records that are beautiful centered on the Sydney Living Museum website and on the historic history trust collection.
There you can find police records specifically about the 1920's to 1940's. These are fascinating items of history they are also valuable items of vivid art.

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They are such stories as the true story of a woman who dressed as a man.  The story was this: Eugenia Falleni who dressed as a 'Harry Crawford' since 1899. As Harry she married a widow named Annie Birkett who had a son. After four years of marriage, Annie had told a relative that she had found out 'something amazing about Harry.' Shortly afterwards she disappeared. Later on a body was identified as hers. It was supposed that Harry was the murderer, and Harry's gender was found out, but when it was found Harry's second wife said she had always wondered why he was so shy.


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Prisoners: Murder, Mayhem, and Petit Larceny 

by Arne Svenson          

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Sources:
Eugenia Falleni, alias Harry Crawford, special photograph number 234, Central Police Station Sydney, 1920: http://collection.hht.net.au/firsthhtpictures/fullRecordPicture.jsp?recnoListAttr=recnoList&recno=31246