San Francisco Call, Volume 75, Number 130, 9 April 1894 — Photographing Criminals. [ARTICLE]

Photographing Criminals.

The system of photography In use Is peculiar to the service and is the tesuli of ■ its experiments, lt Is free from all conventional operations, for the photograph Is made simply to be recognized. The poses chosen are: A perfect profile, since that - gives a sort of anatomical cut of the face; then a full face view, sinco there one has ihe habitual expression aud Hie pose of th- head. yy Th - picture Is never retouched, since scars, moles and snots are such infallible means of identification. Absolute uulformliy ls sought in the size, form and style of the different photographs. Iv order that the instance may be Invariable Hie chair and camera are screwed to tho floor, and there is a perfect system of adjustment. The light is thrown into the face. The result is hard on tie subject. One does not care to display his judicial photograph, but for the purpose they are admit v brutally exact.— McClme's Magazine for March.