Historical Indulgences

ca. 1875, [extremely tall Pinkerton detective with lead gloves]

via Deadly Intent: Crime and Punishment Photographs from the Burns Archive, Stanley B. Burns and Sara Cleary-Burns

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    The Alan Pinkerton National Detective Agency was founded in Chicago in 1852, was internationally respected and...

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    Lead gloves! Nifty.

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    Pinkertons were freaky folk.

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    Perhaps it’s just me - but this says Victorian Super-hero to me.

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    gloves (ca. 1875)

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