"Portrait Parle" Class, Paris (LOC)
Bain News Service,, publisher.
"Portrait Parle" Class, Paris
[between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]
1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.
Notes:
Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative.
Photo shows class studying the Bertillon method of criminal
identification, developed by the French criminologist Alphonse
Bertillon (1853-1914). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2010)
Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).
Subjects:
Paris
Format: Glass negatives.
Rights Info: No known restrictions on publication.
Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print
General information about the Bain Collection is available at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain
Persistent URL: hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.09571
Call Number: LC-B2- 2266-13
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frapit (60 months ago | reply)
It says 'Formulaire du portrait parlé'. Portrait parlé, aka Bertillon system, first scientific method of criminal identification, developed by the French criminologist Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914). The system, based on the classification of skeletal and other body measurements and characteristics, was officially adopted in France in 1888 and soon after in other countries. Fingerprinting, added later as a supplementary measure, has largely replaced the system
RustyNutStudio added this photo to her favorites. (60 months ago)
So_P (57 months ago | reply)
"cav" is for "concave"
"vex" for "convexe"
r I think for "right"
"busk" for "busqué"= aquiline
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Pete (LOC P&P) (28 months ago | reply)
Thanks Wystan. We'll update the title with the correct spelling.
Wystan (28 months ago | reply)
Another Bain/LOC photo of the Bertillon "Portrait Parle" class:
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