This album collects prison intake photographs for 228 convicted criminals, including four women and one fourteen-year-old boy. Except for the four women, who receive one photo each, and a man who was returned from an insane asylum, who has two photos, each man has three photos included in the album: one in street clothing and a hat, one at an angle without a hat, and one shaved and in prison clothing. In the final photos, a blackboard on the left gives measurements and a blackboard on the right gives the prisoner's number, first initial and last name, crime, length of sentence, age, and birthplace, as well as the prison to which he was assigned. All of the crimes are serious felony charges. Most are larceny or burglary; others include rape, murder, perjury and assault. California, c.1889. 76 pp. Folio 11.75" x 9.5”
