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Alphonse Bertillon

  • June 2, 2014
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

In the late 1800s, French policeman Alphonse Bertillon came up with a method of photographing crime scenes to document evidence. He also created a system to identify criminals, recording descriptions on cards that featured those front and side portraits we now call mug shots.

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