a visual collective outlet of inspiration
ah low: may 31, 1928
mr. william stanley moore: may 1st, 1925.
opium dealer operating with large quantities of faked opium and cocaine. also a wharf labourer and associates with water front thieves and drug traders.
thomas craig, raymond neil (aka “gaffney the gunman”), william thompson and fw wilson: january 25, 1928.
this photograph was apparently taken in the aftermath of a raid led by chief bill mackay.
frank murray alias harry williams: february 4, 1929
harry williams was sentenced to 12 months of hard labour in march 1929 for breaking, entering, and theft. despite being known to “consort with prostitutes” and to “frequent hotels and wine bars around the haymarket,” he is nevertheless described as having a “quiet disposition.”
eugenia falleni, alias harry crawford: 1920
when ‘harry leon crawford’, a hotel cleaner from stanmore, was arrested and charged with the murder of his wife, it was revealed that he was actually eugeni falleni—a woman and mother who had been living as a man since 1899. in 1914, under the name harry crawford, falleni married a widow named annie birkett. three years later, shortly after birkett confided to a relative that she had discovered “something amazing about harry,” she disappeared.
de gracy (sic) and edward dalton: circa 1920
albert stewart warnkin and adolf gustave beutler: october 18, 1920
please stand next to this height chart so we can see how tall you are—make sure to keep your hat on. by tnt
don’t ask me how richard became “dick” i am wondering myself but what i can tell you is that he was effortlessly stylish. that is going without sayin’
lauren “betty” bacall make up and hair mug shots for to have and have not. 
