Fascinating study. If I tallied this up correctly (not tallying what the crimes were), and just for this page #38596 - #38636 (40 people) sometime in the 1930s:

9 white males
24 black males
3 white females
1 white female

I have a more than passing interesting in this topic since my father was Badge #11 in the Missouri State Highway Patrol, commissioned 01 October 1937, and he used to tell us kids stories of his chasing the likes of Bonnie & Clyde and other gangsters in that era. "Chasing" sounds exciting except that many patrolmen were killed in the process.  Gangsters have guns and know how to use them.

Craig

On Oct 3, 2011, at 11:33 AM, Helms, Bari (LVA) wrote:

> Mug Shot Monday is finally here! This first post featuring Edith Maxwell
> is the start of a new weekly series highlighting inmate photographs
> found in the records of the Virginia Penitentiary. Other records to be
> found in this weekly series include the prisoner's register entry and a
> brief overview of their case. Check out this week's blog entry and
> continue to tune in on Mondays for more.
> 
> http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2011/10/03/mug-shot-m
> onday-edith-maxwell-no-38599/
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