Wondering if any of your great-great-great-grandparents were criminals?
The New Zealand Police Museum has a large collection of really cool mug shots from the late 19th/early 20th century which are currently inaccessible to the public because they are so delicate. We are planning a traveling exhibition to showcase these compelling images, and would also like to post a permanent selection online for the public- providing that we can secure the necessary funding to digitize the photographs. These images give a fascinating glimpse into New Zealand’s dark past, and could be an essential resource for anyone interested in researching genealogy, social history, crime and punishment, early photography, colonialism…the list goes on! This collection of mug shots is of rare quality and contains some incredible images of Victorian criminals which we would love to share with the public.