City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948
Publishing Details
City of Shadows: Sydney Police Photographs 1912-1948
By (Author) Peter Doyle
With Caleb Williams
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales
1st January 2005
Australia
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
779.936499441
Physical Properties
240
Width 216mm, Height 306mm
1460g
Description
Focusing on the victims, perpetrators and vicinities of crime, City of Shadows introduced the world to the Justice & Police Museum's extraordinary and compelling collection of police forensic photography dating from 1912 to 1948. You will meet thieves, breakers, receivers, magsmen, spielers, urgers, gingerers, false pretenders, hotel barbers, shoplifters, dope users, prostitutes, makers of false oaths and the occasional murderer.
Author Bio
Caleb Williams is Curator at the Justice and Police Museum in Sydney. Peter Doyle is a novelist, scholar and occasional curator at the same institution.
