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INFO WANTED
The whereabouts of old Chicago Police mugshots binders
1913-1917
Your help is needed!
I'm currently looking for the repository of the old Chicago Police mugshots dated from 1913-1917.
After almost a year, I have exhausted every avenue and contacts. The most popular answer was try The Chicago Historical Museum. They have Chicago Police mugshots from that era. Wrong! I paid to send someone there who went through them! Very disppointing! The mugshots folder they have there are very sparse and some in there are not even Chicago criminals.
Friends tried to get info from retired Chicago police officers,
but they either have no clue or don't want to help.
The specific mugshot I'm looking for is Fred Di Giovanni arrested in 1913-1914, for burglary / theft, and again, in 1916-1917, for manslaughter.
Does anybody know where all these old Police mughots binders have gone, and whom to contact in order to get a copy made of this individual's mugshot?
I will gladly pay you for your efforts.
This individual Fred Di Giovanni also went to Pontiac reformatory, and was later sent to the Illinois State prison in Joiliet, Will County. I wrote to the Illinois State Archives for any mugshots, but I have only been getting the run around, being sent from department to another department with no results! They only have his prisoner file but with no photos for any of the inmates that were there. One states they do not have any, and the other just sends me back to the previous place. Very frustrating! This is odd since Leopold and Loeb had mughsots in their files for Illinois State prison (Joliet). Getty images has a copy, so there were definitely originals somewhere at one time!
Were they all trashed?
This is why your input and expertise would be appreciated! If you are employed by the Chicago Police Dept. or work in the archives, work at The Illinois State Archives, and know where all the mugshots for prisoners are during the era of 1913-1926, or have connection to these archives by knowing someone who works there who can check, then please email me on how to get in touch with these persons or entities. If you are an ex- policeman or just a collector, and happen to have a mugshot binder from that era (1913-1917) with Di Giovanni in there, then please contact me. I will gladly pay you for a copy and your privacy will be respected.
Thank-you for your cooperation!
Mario Gomes
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