Rogues' gallery: Difference between revisions
Content deleted Content added
No edit summary |
not a stub, start-class |
||
| (271 intermediate revisions by more than 100 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
{{Short description|Police collection of mug shots}} |
|||
A term in [[comics]] refering to specific personalities a hero or [[superhero]] encounters rather than nameless thugs but slightly less important than [[supervillian]]s. Colorful characters, often with an overarching theme or personal gimmicks, are especially contenders for being in a Rogue Gallery. [[Spiderman]], [[Batman]], and even [[Dick Tracy]] have particulary well-known rogue galleries. |
|||
{{about|the police photo database|other uses}} |
|||
[[File:Rogues gallery.jpg|right|thumb|[[New York City Police Department]] rogues gallery, July 1909]] |
|||
A '''rogues' gallery''' (or '''rogues gallery''') is a [[police]] collection of [[mug shot]]s or other images of criminal [[suspect]]s kept for identification purposes.<ref>{{cite journal |editor1-last=Solbert |editor1-first=Oscar N. |editor2-last=Beaumont |editor2-first=Newhall |editor3-last=Card |editor3-first=James G. |title=Rogue's Gallery |journal=Image, Journal of Photography of George Eastman House |date=April 1952 |volume=1 |issue=7 |page=2 |url=http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1952_01_07.pdf |access-date=21 June 2014 |publisher=International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Inc. |location=Rochester, N.Y. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130320003535/http://image.eastmanhouse.org/files/GEH_1952_01_07.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2013}}</ref> |
|||
==History== |
|||
In 1855, [[Allan Pinkerton]], founder of the [[Pinkerton National Detective Agency]], established a rogues' gallery – a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation ([[modi operandi]]), hiding places, and names of criminals and their associates.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} Another early collection was established circa 1854 or 1855 by the detective [[Isaiah W. Lees]] of the [[San Francisco Police Department]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Palmquist |first1=Peter E. |last2=Kailbourn |first2=Thomas R. |title=Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840–1865 |date=2000 |publisher=Stanford University Press |isbn=0-80-473883-1 |page=362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Nne4L9h27RsC&q=%22rogues+gallery%22+lees}}</ref> |
|||
Inspector [[Thomas F. Byrnes|Thomas Byrnes]] of the late-19th-century [[New York City Police Department]] popularized the term with his collection of photographs of known criminals, which was used for witness identification. Byrnes published some of these photos with details of the criminals in ''Professional Criminals of America'' (1886).<ref>Byrnes, Thomas. ''Professional Criminals of America'' (1886) [https://archive.org/details/cu31924096989177 Online at Archive.org]</ref> |
|||
==See also== |
|||
*[[Criminal record]] |
|||
*[[Public enemy]] |
|||
*[[Wanted poster]] |
|||
==References== |
|||
{{reflist}} |
|||
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rogues Gallery}} |
|||
[[Category:Criminology]] |
|||
[[Category:Criminal investigation]] |
|||
[[Category:Law enforcement techniques]] |
|||
[[Category:Photography by genre]] |
|||
[[Category:Forensic techniques]] |
|||
Latest revision as of 16:24, 3 July 2024
A rogues' gallery (or rogues gallery) is a police collection of mug shots or other images of criminal suspects kept for identification purposes.[1]
History
[edit]In 1855, Allan Pinkerton, founder of the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, established a rogues' gallery – a compilation of descriptions, methods of operation (modi operandi), hiding places, and names of criminals and their associates.[citation needed] Another early collection was established circa 1854 or 1855 by the detective Isaiah W. Lees of the San Francisco Police Department.[2]
Inspector Thomas Byrnes of the late-19th-century New York City Police Department popularized the term with his collection of photographs of known criminals, which was used for witness identification. Byrnes published some of these photos with details of the criminals in Professional Criminals of America (1886).[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Solbert, Oscar N.; Beaumont, Newhall; Card, James G., eds. (April 1952). "Rogue's Gallery" (PDF). Image, Journal of Photography of George Eastman House. 1 (7). Rochester, N.Y.: International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House Inc.: 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
- ^ Palmquist, Peter E.; Kailbourn, Thomas R. (2000). Pioneer Photographers of the Far West: A Biographical Dictionary, 1840–1865. Stanford University Press. p. 362. ISBN 0-80-473883-1.
- ^ Byrnes, Thomas. Professional Criminals of America (1886) Online at Archive.org