Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, Alphonse Bertillon, ca. 1893

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Notation of Scars, Schematic Drawings, ca. 1893, Albumen silver prints, Image (top): 6 in. × 4 1/8 in. ( × cm), 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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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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