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The Mugshot of 19-Year-Old Phyllis Stalnaker, Who Was Arrested in 1944 for Being a “Weedhead” and a “Tramp”

May 7, 2025 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere’s the mugshot of Phyllis J. Stalnaker, a 19-year-old woman arrested in San Diego in 1944. The booking […]

18-Year-Old Steven Tyler Posed for a Mug Shot on March 15, 1967 in Yonkers, New York

April 15, 2025 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSteven Tyler in a New York police mugshot following his arrest for possession of marijuana on March 15, […]

The Story Behind Johnny Cash’s Mugshot Photograph in El Paso, Texas, 1965

March 4, 2025 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteA mugshot photograph of Johnny Cash taken in El Paso, Texas on October 4, 1965. the photograph showing […]

Four Men Posing With the Body of Jesse James in His Coffin in St. Joseph, Missouri, 1882

November 26, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAmerican outlaw Frank James (second from left) and others pose over the dead body of famed outlaw Jesse […]

Nov. 25, 1963: During the Internment of Lee Harvey Oswald, Reporters Were Enlisted to Act as Pallbearers

November 25, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThis black and white photograph taken by Gene Gordon, the chief photographer of the Fort Worth Press, of […]

Rare Photographs of Tupac Shakur at MGM Grand Casino, Hours Before the Shooting on Sept. 7, 1996

September 13, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn September 7, 1996, Tupac Shakur, who’s just left the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon fight at the […]

Zsa Zsa Gabor Poses for a Mug Shot After Being Arrested for Slapping a Beverly Hills Police Officer on June 14, 1989

August 13, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn June 14, 1989, Zsa Zsa Gabor was driving her $215,000 Rolls-Royce. Beverly Hills Police motorcycle Officer Paul […]

Nadine Vaujour, French Woman Learned to Fly a Helicopter to Break Out Her Husband in 1986

August 7, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn May 26, 1986, Nadine Vaujour flew a rented helicopter, flew to the Le Sante prison in Paris […]

Los Angeles Policemen in Drag, 1960

August 4, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteMembers of the Los Angeles Police Department’s robbery squad are shown dressed as women as part of an […]

The Story Behind the Iconic Photograph of the Busboy Who Held a Dying Robert F. Kennedy in 1968 Assassination

July 17, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site On June 5, 1968, hotel busboy Juan Romero raced to congratulate Sen. Robert Kennedy moments after his […]

June 3 1968: The Day Andy Warhol Was Shot Dead But Came Back to Life

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This post was originally published on this siteMoments after Valerie Solanas entered Andy Warhol’s sixth-floor office at 33 Union Square West on June 3, 1968, […]

The Incredible Story Behind the First Photograph of an Electric Chair Execution in 1928

May 24, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePress cameras were forbidden from the prison execution chamber in Ossining, New York, where Ruth Snyder was to […]

Mugshots of Patsy Neil, Brothel Cocaine Runner

May 22, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this sitePatsy Neill (or Niell) was caught during a raid in 1929 on an East Sydney drug dealer’s flat […]

Bettie Page’s Mugshots, 1972

April 29, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteHere’s the mugshots of iconic ’50s pin-up model Bettie Page after being arrested in Hialeah, Florida. Bettie was […]

Police Photograph of Geraldine Portica, Arrested for Violating Cross-Dressing Law in 1917

April 13, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe caption on original photograph, from the scrapbooks of San Francisco Police Chief Jesse Cook, reads: “This is […]

Album of Paris Crime Scenes: Early Crime Scene Photographs Taken by Alphonse Bertillon

April 9, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteAlphonse Bertillon (1853–1914) was a French criminologist and anthropologist who created the first system of physical measurements, photography, […]

A Waitress Sued Hooters for Giving Her a Toy Yoda Instead of Toyota After She Won Contest

April 1, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteOn April 1, 2001, Hooters held a beer sales contest for its employees, offering a Toyota as the […]

In March 1934, Infamous Gangster John Dillinger Used a Fake Pistol to Escape From the Lake County Jail

March 8, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this site John Dillinger was captured in January of 1934 in Tucson, Arizona, and escorted back to Indiana to […]

30 Vintage Photographs Capture Life Inside the Black Palace Prison in Mexico, 1950

March 7, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Palacio de Lecumberri, also called the Black Palace, was known as a place from which it was […]

Did You Know Pinball Was Actually Banned in Major US Cities From the 1940s Until the 1970s

February 5, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe game of Pinball began far earlier than most might imagine. All the way back to the 1600s […]

Mobsters Hide Their Faces at Al Capone’s Trial, 1931

January 26, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe featured picture depicts numerous mobsters that showed up to Al Capone’s trial in 1931. But when they […]

In the 1990s, Kim Jong Un and His Father Used Fake Brazilian Passports to Apply for Visas to Western Countries

January 21, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his late father Kim Jong Il used fraudulently obtained Brazilian passports […]

Rum-Runners Drive Alcohol Exported From Canada Over the Frozen Detroit River, ca. 1920s

January 18, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteDuring the USA’s Prohibition era between 1920 and 1933, Detroit became the centre of “rum-running” operations, as criminal […]

Portrait of the O’Halloran Sisters Who Fended Off the Officers Evicting Their Family During the Irish Land War in 1887

January 11, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteThe Irish Land War was a conflict between the farmer tenants and their landlords that started in 1879. […]

In 1989, a Fan’s Sex Life Ruined by Rod Stewart’s Soccer Ball

January 5, 2024 Vintage Everyday 0

This post was originally published on this siteSome guys have all the luck, while others end up in court, and getting divorced, after their wives […]

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