From October 22nd to December 9th, 2011, the Archives of Ontario hosted Arresting Images, an award-winning, bilingual travelling exhibit from the OPP Museum consisting of 100 historical mug shots dating from 1886 to 1908.
Suspected crimes included pick pocketing, forgery, opium eating, and murder. This unique display included case file information for each individual, as well as selected artifacts from the OPP Museum’s holdings.
The Archives of Ontario’s Helen McClung Gallery is
located at 134 Ian Macdonald Blvd. Exhibit hours are
8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday and Thursday, and
Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Stay tuned for details about our upcoming
exhibit-related speakers series, featuring Archives and
OPP Museum staff and York faculty.
Additional Information
- OPP Gift Shop
- Learn more about the exhibit
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PDF of the exhibit poster as seen above
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Ontario Provincial Police records
at the Archives of Ontario
William Rae (alias Frank Hall) is one
of five suspects in the collection
photographed wearing handcuffs, 1900 (2000.28.390).
Lillie Williams (alias Harrington), a housekeeper, was arrested on “suspicion” of an
unidentified crime. The camera captured her evocative expression on August 11, 1901 (2000.28.141).