San Francisco Police Photograph Album, circa 1904-circa 1930
San Francisco Police Photograph Album, circa 1904-circa 1930
Collection number: BANC PIC 1999.015--fALB
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Additional Note
Newspaper article on finger prints being recorded by police. Dec. 1st, 1908, (George Blum pictured.) Newsclipping on police photographer George Blum winning distinction for work with camera. (George Blum pictured.)
Newspaper articles: Daily Call 3/28/22, Daily Chronicle 3/28/22, Daily Examiner 3/26/22, S.F. Journal 3/28/22. Regarding George Blum's invention of a camera to photograph fingerprints. [photographic copy]
First male and female mug shots taken by Blum. 1904
B. Vilardo's head. (Victim dismembered by Pietro Torturici) April 5, 1905
Pietro Torturici's mug shot.
Mrs. Torturici -- "wanted" 1905?
Reward poster for Pietro Torturici. [photographic copy] April 14, 1905
Pietro Torturici's mug shot.
Officer John Evatt and Theo F. Conlan and Pietro Torturici.
Dean[?], McCluskey, Charles Becker, James Creagan.
Forged check. [photographic copy]
Capt. I.W. Lees. [copy photograph of portrait] May 1887
Mug shot of John Siemsen.
Mug shot of Louis Dabner.
Newspaper article: Siemsen and Dabner receive death penalty for "Gas Pipe Murder." July 19, 1907
Newspaper articles on James Dowdall (aka Sutton), mistakenly accused of "Gas Pipe Murder", spends night in jail after excessively celebrating his release from San Quentin. November 26, 1906
Group picture with Siemsen and Dabner and police (in court?)
Framed painting of a shepherd. [photographic copy]
Mug shot of unidentified man.
View of crime scene: interior kitchen or dining room.
Morgue photograph of murdered woman.
Morgue photograph of murdered woman.
Photographs of pocket knife (murder weapon or evidence?)
Morgue photograph of Goodman. November 1911
Mug shot of John S. Rodgers and crime scene. (Goodman murder.) November 1911
Loading docks or warehouse. (Goodman murder crime scene?) 1911?
News article about inmate Walter C.S. Crosskey, inventor of a fingerprint identification system.
Mug shot of Walter C.S. Crosskey.
Photograph of bar room interior (Walter C.S. Crosskey murder scene?)
Morgue photograph of victim murdered by Crosskey.
View of crime scene (Walter C.S. Crosskey murder scene?)
Arrest for murder -- Charles B. Hadley. [photographic copy of "wanted" poster]
Mrs. Louise Platt murder: newsclipping and photographs of victim's body.
Outside view of street intersection, possibly near Chinatown. (Chinese sign and the San Jose Bar exterior visible.)
Photographs of Panama Cafe interior where Jim Harrison killed Marilynn Young. June 8, 1923
Photographs of murder victim [Marilynn Young?] at crime scene. June 1923
Jim Harrison photographs, including image at time of arrest at Panama Cafe. 1923?
Photographs of John Doe #164. (Decomposed body in morgue, taken from box car of Western Pacific Railroad after 3 weeks in car.)
Thomas J. Mooney case: newsclipping giving salient dates in Billings and Mooney case. (Warren K. Billings and Thomas J. Mooney pictured.) July 5, 1930
Thomas J. Mooney case: newsclipping and two photographs of the Preparedness Day Parade and bombing scene.
Thomas J. Mooney case: photographs of the Preparedness Day Parade and bombing scene.
Thomas J. Mooney case: photographs of the Preparedness Day Parade and bombing scene with victim's body.
Thomas J. Mooney case: photographs of bombing scene with damage and victim.
Thomas J. Mooney case: photographs of damage to brick wall at bombing scene.
Thomas J. Mooney case: frame up told by girl witness (photographic copy of threatening note, clippings on "frame up", and ambulance at crime scene.)
Thomas J. Mooney case: threatening letter to Call editor [photographic copy] and photographs (of bystanders and police near bombing scene?)
Thomas J. Mooney case: notes to Miss Estelle Smith. [photographic copy]
Thomas J. Mooney case: newsclipping about Mooney's wife and mother expressing confidence in Tom Mooney's innocence.
Thomas J. Mooney case: photograph of evidence (bomb shrapnel?)
Thomas J. Mooney case: Warren K. Billings mug shot.
Thomas J. Mooney case: note signed "Employees Liberty League". [photographic copy]
Thomas J. Mooney case: Rena Mooney mug shot.
Thomas J. Mooney case: Thomas Mooney mug shot.
Thomas J. Mooney case: Israel Weinberg mug shot.
Thomas J. Mooney case: Edward D. Nolan mug shot.
Margarete Peral murder case: photographs of bedroom interior, body at crime scene, and morgue photograph.
View of crime scene: crowd outside large Victorian house.
View of crime scene: interior, exterior, and windows of Victorian house.
View of crime scene: interior stair and exterior view with crowd.
Male Victim's body on bed at crime scene.
Unidentified man (suspect?) with arm in sling, seated on running board of car.
View of door and hallway wall with gunshot holes.
Harry Sullivan murder and robbery case: body on ground near Eucalyptus trees.
Ray Harris case: body at crime scene, at 228 Richland Ave., and body at morgue. October 28, 1924
View of crime scene: (home interior) [Possibly Fleming case, as on pg. 40] (photos)
Murder case of Jos. [Joseph? or James?] Fleming [shot by wife Edith Fleming]: view of hallway crime scene at 528 Shotwell Street. October 1921
Photograph of victim: woman's body on bed at crime scene (Nora Hanley?)
Mrs. Nora Hanley murder case [alleged] crime scene: view of utility porch at 3991 17th Street. November 24, 1921
Louis Mam Murder case: view of Chinese store interior and of victim's body (at morgue?).
Louis Mam murder case: view of Chinese store interior.
Virginia Rappe murder case [Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle]: portrait of Virginia Rappe with a dog. Morgue photograph of injuries on Rappe's legs.
Virginia Rappe murder case: newsclipping about arrest and shooting of mug shot of Arbuckle. (by photographer George Blum.) September 1921
Virginia Rappe murder case: morgue photographs of Rappe. September 1921
Virginia Rappe murder case: photograph of Rappe's body (at funeral home?) September 1921
Virginia Rappe murder case: mug shot of Roscoe Arbuckle (Fatty Arbuckle). September 1921
Virginia Rappe murder case: Rappe's face (at morgue?) September 1921
Virginia Rappe murder case: newsclipping on cost of Arbuckle trial. September 1921
Storage room with barrells. (Basil Artuff murder case?)
Crime scene: Body of male victim at bottom of exterior stairs. (Basil Artuff murder case?)
Crime scene: Body of male victim at bottom of exterior stairs. (Basil Artuff murder case?)
Basil Artuff killed by probation officers, D. Thamas and Warren on June 16, 1923. Morgue photograph of body of victim.
Dorothy Elingson case crime scene: bedroom at 256 3rd Avenue, with body in bed.
Dorothy Elingson case: Mrs. Anna Elingson shot by her daughter Dorothy. Body at scene, and morgue photograph of victim's face.
Dorothy Elingson case: mug shots and various photographs related to murder of her mother Anna Elingson on January 13, 1925. 1925
Portraits of an unidentified nurse.
Views of a road in the hills [crime scene?]
Exterior and interior hall of apartment of Audritta Hildorand(?), 1591 Greenwich Street, where she was killed on August 8, 1924. 1924
Two interior views of crime scene. One view shows victim lying on bed covered by sheet. [Audritta Hildorand?]
Body of victim on bed in room.
Morgue photograph of victim. [Audritta Hildorand?]
Morgue photo of victim with throat slashed. [Audritta Hildorand?]
Exterior view of back of ground floor apartment [crime scene? Audritta Hildorand?]
Exterior view of apartment at basement level where the meters are located. [crime scene? Audritta Hildorand?]
Newsclipping on Father Hesslin murder case (killed by Wm. Hightower) [testimony by George Blum noted], San Francisco Chronicle. October 8, 1921
Father Patrick E. Heslin [Hesslen?] murder case: view of road. [possible crime scene?] 1921
Father Heslin murder case: view of beach [possible crime scene?] 1921
Father Heslin murder case: view of beach (footprints) and view of hillside or dunes with 3 people standing at the top. 1921
Father Heslin murder case: 2 men overlooking possible crime scene of Father Hesslin. 1921
Father Heslin murder case: photograph of note addressed to Archbishop Hanna, St. Mary's Cathedral. 1921
Father Heslin murder case: mug shot of Hightower.
Photo of unearthed victim: possibly body of Father Hesslin at crime scene. 1921
Father Heslin murder case: photograph of ransom letter to Archbishop Hanna. 1921
Father Heslin murder case: envelope addresses to Archbishop Hanna, postmarked August 3rd, San Francisco. 1921
Mug shot of unidentified man.
Father Heslin murder case: Prof. Carl Eisenschimel presenting evidence in the Hightower case [posing with enlargement of postal envelope.]
Murder case of Mrs. Ora Mathiason Murphy (murdered by husband): victim lying on ground in pool of blood and victim on table. 168 Noe Street. November 24, 1924
Ora Murphy murder case: victim lying on floor of murder scene. November 24, 1924
Ora Murphy murder case: photo of blow on back of victim's head. November 24, 1924
Ora Murphy murder case: mug shot husband[?] 1929?
Ora Murphy murder case: two news articles discussing the arrest of Frank F. Murphy in Texas. "S.F. Man Taken in Four-Year Murder Hunt" and "4-Year Chase Nets Suspect in S.F. Murder".
Ora Murphy murder case: victim lying on floor of murder scene. November 25, 1924
Ora Murphy murder case: newsclipping about husband Fred Murphy admitting to murder. January 16, 1929
Ora Murphy murder case: view of victim's slit throat. November 1924
View of freight platform along railroad tracks. [Crime scene of John Dreager case?]
View of a building's loading dock. [Crime scene of John Dreager case?]
John Dreager alleged murder case: crime scene with body lying in front of loading dock. [Possibly at Joe Rosenberg Junkyard]. May 13, 1919
Outside view of Crystal Liquor Store [on Franklin Street, with City Hall in background].
Interior view of Crystal Liquor Store.
Margaret [Margareta?] Brannan murder case: interior views of rooms where whe was killed by her husband, Elmer Brannan, at 381 Fulton St. November 24, 1922
Margaret [Margareta?] Brannan murder case: trunk with victim's body forced into it.
Margaret [Margareta?] Brannan murder case: morgue photograph of victim after being removed from trunk.
Margaret [Margareta?] Brannan murder case: morgue photograph of victim after being removed from trunk.
Margaret [Margareta?] Brannan murder case: mug shot of Elmer Brannan and notes on his arrest.
Interior views of apartment and kitchen. [Louis Dudley murder crime scene at 504 b Ninth St.?]
Louis Dudley "(niger)" [sic] murder case: outside view of apartment's back stairs where he was killed by his wife Agius[?]. 504B 9th St., near Bryant, October 15, 1918.
Interior views of bedroom with blood stained sheets. [Crime scene of Max Sterusher murder?]
Max Sterusher[?] murder case: morgue photographs of victim.
Blank page. [Items removed prior to acquisition.]
Mrs. Mary Morris murder case: morgue photographs of victim. October 9, 1921
Mrs. Nellie Powers murder case: notes on case. (December 22, 1924 at 1885 Sutter St.) Also information on Mrs. Lillian M. St. Mary. (Strangled to death at 1073 Dolores St. Photos June 10, 1926.) [See pg. 86.]
Mrs. Nellie Powers murder case: morgue photograph of victim.
Carl Bergstrom murder case: view of interior living room area, 72 Landers[?] St. May 2, 1927
Carl Bergstrom murder case: interior view of kitchen (blood on floor). May 2, 1927
Carl Bergstrom murder case: morgue photograph of victim.
Mrs. Elma murder case: outside view of apartment at 622 Guerrero St. where she was strangled, and morgue photograph of victim.
Mrs. Lillian M. St. Mary murder case: view of victim at crime scene and morgue photographs of victim. [See folder 7 (also associated with pg. 83) for more information.]
Mrs. Fred Cloth[?] and Mrs. Dora Olson murder case: views of hallway and interior of apartment [victims legs are visible.] March 1927
Mrs. Fred Cloth[?] and Mrs. Dora Olson murder case: view of victim lying on bed at crime scene and morgue photographs of front and back of victim. March 1927
Mrs. Fred Cloth[?] and Mrs. Dora Olson murder case: morgue photographs of victims shot by Roy Renner[?] at 331 Octavia St. March 24, 1927
Louis Perez murder case: outside view of crime scene at 184 1/2 Stillman St., and morgue photograph of victim. July 24, 1928
Joe Tanko case: Dect. Segt. [e.g. Detective Sergeant] Earl Roney and Dect [sic] Segt. [e.g. Detective Sergeant] Veron Van Matre. 1926
Joe Tanko case: body lying near bed at crime scene. 1926
Joe Tanko case: bedroom interior where Tanko was killed. 1926
Joe Tanko case: newsclipping about a "brief history" of Joe Tanko and Floyd Hall crimes. 1926
Joe Tanko case: Joe Tanko killed by officers Roney and Van Matre. Morgue photographs of victim and mug shot of victim. December 13, 1926
Marco Bragini: morgue photograph. Killed October 9, 1926.
Mario Pagano[?]: morgue photograph. Found lying on street [Powell and Clay St.], October 10, 1926. [Possible victim of Weeks, Kelly, and Papadaches]
Mike Petrovich[?]: morgue photograph. Killed October 12, 1926. [Possible victim of Weeks, Kelly, and Papadaches]
John Duane: morgue photograph. Killed October 12, 1926. [Possible victim of Weeks, Kelly, and Papadaches]
Two news articles about the "Terror Bandits" (Lawerence Weeks, Clarence "Buck" Kelly, and Michael Papadaches), murderers of Pagano, Swanson, Petrovich, and Duane. Articles: May 11, 1928 and October 23rd, 1926. (Weeks, Kelly, and Papadaches pictured.)
W. Wanson [Swanson?]: morgue photograph of victim. Killed October 12, 1926.
Mug shots of unidentified young man [possibly Michael Papadaches] and Lawerence Weeks [teenage suspects?].
Photo of woman victim's face. [Possible duplicate to 95a]
Clara Phillips: newsclipping of opinion piece about Phillips applying for parole. May 8, 1928
"Face of Middow[?] [or Meadow?] woman." (Decomposed body.)
Clara Phillips: LA sheriff office mug shot.
Clara Phillips: S.Q. mug shot. [San Quentin?]
Photo of victim ["Middow woman"?] lying at crime scene. [Possibly victim of Clara Phillips?]
Han[?] Leong murder case: interior of bedroom crime scene (body in bed) at 730 Washington St. #203. March 20, 1925, and morgue photograph of Asian woman.
John Rodriguez murder case: body of victim lying at crime scene (murdered on E.Z. Rideout Co. Barge #6 near Pier 19). Jose Pardal arrested. Photograph taken March 26, 1928.
John Rodriguez murder case: newsclipping with picture of suspect Jose Pardal. 1928
John Rodriguez murder case: morgue photograph of victim. 1928
William E. Curtin robbed and beaten by three men at the Tacoma[?] Hotel, room 17, 190 Embarcadero. [Victim bandaged and seated on bed.] May 23, 1927
Wong Toon[?] murder: Chinese victim stabbed to death. 16 Duncombe[?] Alley, September 14, 1928. Body found September 28, 1928.
John Starr murder case: crime scene of bedroom interior at 125 Julian Ave. on January 4, 1929, and morgue photograph.
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: morgue photograph. January 1929?
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: victim lying on bed at crime scene. January 1929?
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: mug shot of suspect [Garland Williams?]. January 18, 1929.
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: view of crime scene. 1929
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: body at morgue.
Mrs. Loraine Ambrose murder case: newsclipping with headline: Wife Slayer Wants to Hang [about confession of Garland Williams.]
Mario Fillippi murder case: interior view of flooded basement crime scene.
Mario Fillippi murder case: interior view of basement crime scene (at 18 Sacramento St. December 14, 1928?) and morgue photograph of victim.
Mrs. Willis A. Edmonds murder case: morgue photographs of victim killed by a supposed strangler at 3524 Fulton St., November 28, 1926 [b: may be separate case?]
Louis Baccioico[?] murder case: morgue photographs of victim who was shot on Sept. 10, 1923.
Caeser Rosette murder case: morgue photograph of victim. February 24, 1925
John Doe #35: morgue photographs of unidentified victim stabbed and shot by unknown people at Lombard and Kearny St., January 1, 1922.
Harry A. Lewis murder case: view of entrance stairway at 1859a Howard St., March 15, 1927, and morgue photograph of victim.
David F. Leith murder case: morgue photographs of victim. Body found at Blackstone Apartment #81 9th St., June 3, 1928.
Nettie Daly murder case [alleged]: morgue photographs of victim found at 512 Fell St., December 9, 1924.
Fred Fruntes[?] murder case: died from gunshot wound to chest and abdomen at restaurant at 631 Broadway St., June 25, 1927.
Frank Kocinski[?] murder case: morgue photograph of victim killed by Harry Bennett.
Peter Navarett case: view looking down Guerrero Street (crime scene) and morgue photograph of victim. Killed in Iron Moulders Strike at 809 Guerrero St., April 3, 1926.
Antonio Frank case: morgue photographs of victim with fractured skull after fight at the Union Iron Works, February 1, 1921.
C.W. Campbell case: morgue (or hospital?) photographs of victim beaten up (killed?) in Carpenters' Strike, October 22, 1926.
Mrs. Marie Rappe [or Rappo?] murder case: morgue photograph of victim killed by husband at 25 Duboce Ave., October 5, 1926.
Charles W. Cooper murder: morgue photograph of victim shot in act of stealing a car, August 22, 1928.
Morgue photographs of two Asian victims: unidentified man and Mew Hoy[?], found on floor of his room. 812 Grant Ave. #30. July 26, 1926.
Three morgue photographs: Charles Groufaro [or Groufars] (killed on train tracks) October 11, 1928, Emile Frieuli[?] [Friento? or Frients?] murder case June 16, 1926.
Two morgue photographs: Wong Why[?] murder case, 1005 Grand Ave. November 24, 1923? Also an unidentified victim.
Two mug shots and one morgue photograph: unidentified people. Also notes [by Blum?] on various murder cases.
Newspaper article about Aimee Semple McPherson trial. October 5, 1926
Newspaper articles: Fred Pepe starts jail term and a divorce summons for Theresa and J.R. Monroe. [Found laid in pg. 54, but apparently unrelated.]
Newspaper article on Hickman trial. [Found laid in pg. 32, but apparently unrelated.] May 8, 1928
Newspaper articles about Abraham Ruef and E.S. Pillsbury (San Francisco corruption). June 20, 1912, June 22, 1912.
Newspaper article on William "Bill Bill" O'Connor faces sentence for holdup of Houston-Gilmore Jewelry Company.
Newspaper article about proposal to give the power to impose the death penalty from the juries to the Supreme Court judges.
Editorial piece on law and order. October 1, 1926
Selected items digitized from this collection.
Scope and Content Note
Virginia Rappe with dog. circa 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:45a--fALB
Morgue photograph of Virginia Rappe showing bruises on legs. September 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:45b--fALB
Morgue photograph of Virginia Rappe showing bruises on arm. September 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:46b--fALB
Morgue photograph of Virginia Rappe. September 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:46c--fALB
Virginia Rappe's body, probably at funeral home. September 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:47a--fALB
Virginia Rappe's face, probably at morgue. September 1921 BANC PIC 1999.015:47d--fALB
Dorothy Ellingston, who was accused of murdering her mother. 1925 BANC PIC 1999.015:53c--fALB
Prof. Carl Eisenschimel presenting evidence in the Hightower case. BANC PIC 1999.015:67a--fALB
Murder victim Mrs. Lillian M. St. Mary at crime scene. 1926 BANC PIC 1999.015:86a--fALB
Album page with photographs of murder victim [Middow woman?] and mug shots of Clara Phillips. BANC PIC 1999.015:95--fALB