Alphonse Bertillon (1853 – 1914) was a French police officer and photographer who developed the first scientific system used by police to identify criminals and is credited with inventing the mug shot.
Here is some of his work, don't worry, I left out the dead bodies.
Sorry, I can't tell you more about the stories behind these photos.
My French is pretty bad.
Two photos in one tweet doesn't mean they're connected.
All pictures can be found at Wikipedia Commons.
As terrible as it sounds, these crime scene photos are very valuable to historians as generally photos of interiors back then are low quality and made during special occasions, so houses were cleaned up.
Although extra messy, they still offer us a glimpse of daily life.
And finally, a silent witness, a pocket watch found at a crime scene.
Let's review another painting together, another one by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, this time the 'Boerenbruiloft' (farmer's or peasant's wedding) from c. 1567.
Another glimpse of what life was like for common people in the 17th century!
Time to check out some details.
The bride, she looks suspiciously content.
Is she drunk, tired, super content or does she have a secret?
Above her the double paper crown as well as a sort of crown on her head, making her the queen of the event.
It may symbolise her virginity or wealth.
Its in many paintings.
Maybe she's just happy because she lives in the low countries, a place where women got education, divorce, equal inheritance and freedoms & rights that were uncommon elsewhere then!
More about that here; fakehistoryhunter.net/2025/08/04/boo…
Oh boys and girls, auntie Jo has found another real estate gem... and it only costs 4 million Euros...
This may be one of the most gorgeous houses I´ve ever seen.
A Dutch 1917 villa: funda.nl/detail/koop/wa…
Still many of the gorgeous original details, showing us that the house was once full of colour.
We'll have to strip a LOT of boring white paint, I reckon this building originally just had a lot of nice dark polished wood.
Found another gem on the Dutch real estate website.
A lovely little church in the 'Amsterdamse School' style, built in 1926 and clearly inhabited by a fellow time traveller, just wait till you see inside. funda.nl/detail/koop/mu…
Decorated with respect to the design and character of the building but filled with lots of interesting and weird old stuff.
Yep.
Time traveller.