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Mathieu. Gustave. (avec une barbe postiche), Alphonse Bertillon, 1880s–90s
Mathieu. Gustave. (avec une barbe postiche), 1880s–90s, Albumen silver print from glass negative, x 7 x cm (4 1/8 x 2 3/4 x 3/16 in.) each, Photographs, Alphonse Bertillon (French, 1853–1914), Born into a distinguished family of scientists and statisticians, Bertillon began his career as a clerk in the Identification Bureau of the Paris Prefecture of Police in 1879. Tasked with maintaining reliable police records of offenders, he developed the first modern system of criminal identification
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