Comments on: Least Wanted

Least Wanted

Vidiot — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:21:40 -0800

Least Wanted is a great collection of old mugshots on Flickr. There are some great ones -- I like the Sixties 'do and Anna's pout best of all.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:31:30 -0800

These are pretty nice. Thanks.

By: uncleozzy

uncleozzy — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:33:42 -0800

Excellent, I dig this. that guy actually sort of looks like a young Brando. The set of transvestites is pretty nifty, too.

By: lotsofno

lotsofno — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:42:18 -0800

brilliant

By: scody

scody — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:52:16 -0800

Cool find, vidiot. Thanks!

By: KevinSkomsvold

KevinSkomsvold — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:53:54 -0800

Love this. Thanks Vidiot.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 11:54:26 -0800

There are few things more telling than smiling happily in a mug shot. There seems to be some kind of rule that all the women must have bad hair for their mug shots. There were so many kids' mug shots.

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:12:45 -0800

Why do I think this guy was busted for being a suspected commie agitator?

By: funambulist

funambulist — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:13:39 -0800

Look at the air of defiance on this guy's face (the bottom one). So cinematographique! Rockabilly rebel. That's how I'd want to look if I was arrested. And had a thin moustache. And was a man. Nevermind. Great hair, too. Is it legal, for old mugshots to circulate like this? How does it happen? The police keep them as souvenir then sell them on ebay?

By: Hat Maui

Hat Maui — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:14:24 -0800

i love this stuff, great post. it's fun to look at the mugshots and imagine the crimes...

By: funambulist

funambulist — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:15:43 -0800

Decani: the obvious Lenin-like beard and moustache? :)

By: redsparkler

redsparkler — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:16:46 -0800

Wow. I was not expecting how absolutely cool this would be. I want them all, somehow, maybe pinned up on the wall in my room. Better yet, I want to figure out how to Photoshop pictures of myself until they match.

By: orange swan

orange swan — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:17:33 -0800

I wondered that myself, funambulist. But then The Smoking Gun publishes mug shots without any legal ramifications so perhaps they qualify as public record.

By: kenko

kenko — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:18:37 -0800

No way is that dude a communist agitator. Gentleman swindler.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:29:58 -0800

The set of transvestites is pretty nifty, too. They're all in the Fresno Tranies folder, tell me that's not a band name? What's really interesting about that bunch is that they aren't the drag queens or hooker tranies of our modern times, these ladies don't want to be divas, they want to be plain jane. They just want to be ordinary women. I think these types of transsexuals must be rare in this day and age of American Idol. Of course they might have just been trying to get away with something, I'm just judging based on my own prejudices and perceptions.

By: horsewithnoname

horsewithnoname — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:37:48 -0800

Guilty!

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:41:25 -0800

Karl Malden's mother?

By: languagehat

languagehat — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:43:39 -0800

Don King's father? Great find, Vidiot!

By: COBRA!

COBRA! — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:46:34 -0800

Sort of reminds me of this photo archive article.

By: Decani

Decani — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 12:59:24 -0800

Caught in possession of a disorderly combover and wearing a beard without due care and attention.

By: Vidiot

Vidiot — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:35:53 -0800

Fascinating article, COBRA!. (And I meant to attribute -- via Flickr Blog.)

By: CunningLinguist

CunningLinguist — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:44:52 -0800

(This is good)

By: jonmc

jonmc — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 13:53:14 -0800

No way is that dude a communist agitator. Gentleman swindler. You're both wrong. He's a vampire.

By: djeo

djeo — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:08:46 -0800

Better than good. Great post Vidiot!

By: fenriq

fenriq — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:34:23 -0800

This is pretty cool. Funny stuff and I like speculating on their crimes alot. Nice find!

By: Asparagirl

Asparagirl — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 15:44:13 -0800

Arrested for being an "invert" (1932) Hey, he lived in Pittsburgh, PA--Rick Santorum's home state.

By: mrgrimm

mrgrimm — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 16:10:41 -0800

I think these types of transsexuals must be rare in this day and age of American Idol. They're not transsexuals (necessarily). They're transvestites, I think. And most of the transvestites I see these days look quite a bit like them (although not as pretty). I'm not sure where the transvestites = drag queens equation comes from.

By: kenko

kenko — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 17:58:10 -0800

Asparagirl—and he's a communist.

By: longsleeves

longsleeves — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 18:18:05 -0800

Arrested for being an "invert" (1932) And a popular one, too, I would speculate!