mugshots of women prisoners from 1920s Australia
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DM article said:
They were some of Australia's shadiest sheilas.
Murderers, bigamists, cocaine dealers and back street abortionists, all manner of vampish villain and fallen floozy scooped off the streets and photographed for police files. Their blank expressions hiding a catalogue of appalling crimes.
The incredible pictures - part of a collection of 2500 mugshots taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930 - give a fascinating glimpse into the role of women in the seedy underbelly of early 20th century Australian life.
There is 32-year-old Dorothy Mort. She may look harmless but behind that innocent-looking face lurks a terrifying femme fatale who turned to murder when her toyboy lover starred into her dark eyes and said their affair was over.
Killer: 34-year-old Alma Smith was jailed for five years for performing an illegal abortion on a young woman who later died
34!
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103393/Wo...
Murderers, bigamists, cocaine dealers and back street abortionists, all manner of vampish villain and fallen floozy scooped off the streets and photographed for police files. Their blank expressions hiding a catalogue of appalling crimes.
The incredible pictures - part of a collection of 2500 mugshots taken by New South Wales Police Department photographers between 1910 and 1930 - give a fascinating glimpse into the role of women in the seedy underbelly of early 20th century Australian life.
There is 32-year-old Dorothy Mort. She may look harmless but behind that innocent-looking face lurks a terrifying femme fatale who turned to murder when her toyboy lover starred into her dark eyes and said their affair was over.
Killer: 34-year-old Alma Smith was jailed for five years for performing an illegal abortion on a young woman who later died
34!
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2103393/Wo...
vixen1700 said:
Fay Watson's quite nice. 
Making a story up in my head now but she looks like she might from better stock and was caught with cocaine at a nightclub or a party. Her clothes look better quality than others, just look like she slept in them in a cell.
Not so different these days!
She could be someones granny, her dark secret that nobody else ever knew about!
Genius!
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