In the Rogue's Gallery – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: In the Rogue's Gallery, preserved in this historic photograph. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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In the Rogue's Gallery
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In this c1898 print, a cat takes the place of a suspect, posed as if it were being booked for a police rogues' gallery. The joke depends on a routine that many viewers would have recognized. By the 1880s and 1890s, departments in cities such as New York had assembled collections of criminal portraits to help identify repeat offenders. The photographer turns that serious practice into a parlor-room gag, with a camera in the scene and an animal playing the part of the criminal. Humorous pictures of animals in human roles were a popular genre around 1900.
| Created / published | c1898. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Genre | Humorous pictures 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Subjects | Animals in human situations--1890-1900. Cats--1890-1900. Photography--1890-1900. Cameras--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 859 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-164258 |
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