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Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

Adam Green - October 10, 2017 in Alphonse Bertillon, archive, Bertillonage, biopower, criminals, faces, filing, fingerprinting, fingerprints, foucault, identification, modern sublime, police

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Alphonse Bertillon’s Synoptic Table of Physiognomic Traits (ca. 1909)

Adam Green - October 10, 2017 in Alphonse Bertillon, archive, Bertillonage, biopower, criminals, faces, filing, fingerprinting, fingerprints, foucault, identification, modern sublime, police

Cheat sheet to help police clerks put into practice Bertillon's method for classifying and archiving the images of repeat offenders.

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