Collection of Police Photographs of Con Men and other Fraudsters

[Chicago]: n.p., 1982. Very good +.. Booking photographs of several dozen men, most taken in the mid to late 1970s. With police notes on subjects' identities, often including their known associates and aliases, physical descriptions, and alleged crimes, most of which involve low-level fraud and confidence scams. A small sampling: "Pimp - Con Man," "Sells T.V. Con Game," "Project Robberies," "Had Chicago Police Badge / Impersonates Police," "Con Game (Handkerchief Switch)," "Pastes One Dollar To Tens / Paste Corner of Ten on Ones," "String Man." A vivid vernacular collection from the height of 1970s urban decay, reflecting both its causes and its toll. Collection of 70 photographs, Most formal posed mug shots in color (4'' x 5'' approx.) with a small number of black and white photos and Polaroid snapshots. Majority of photographs have notes in pen handwritten on versos. Housed in a new archival box. Very good plus overall.