Police Mugshot Bertillon Card Joe Jusko Chicago 62363 1914 VTG Photo
This is a silver gelatin photograph that is unmounted and is 6 x 5½ inches (150x140mm).
It shows a police mugshot card featuring two portraits of a man, one in profile and one facing forward. The profile portrait has the number "62363" across the chest. The card includes various handwritten physical measurements, noting his age as 27 and nativity as Austria. The bottom is printed 'Bureau of Identification Department of Police' and dated 'Oct 24 1914'.
The reverse has printed text reading 'Bureau of Identification Department of Police City of Chicago'. Handwritten details identify the man as 'Joe Jusko', with a registration number '62363', arrested for 'H Burg' on 'Oct 22 1914'.
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