Source: not applicable
Source type: government document
Document type: Bertillon card
Document title: [Czolgosz Bertillon Card]
Document size (approx. l x h): 13.3cm x 8.3cm
Author(s): City of Buffalo, New York, Police Department
Publisher: not applicable
Publisher location: not applicable
Year of publication: 1901
Pagination: none

The Bertillon card, both in size and construction, resembles a stereopticon card. One side of the card contains the information provided below. Text appearing in black (below) represents preprinted information while that in boldfaced gray represents information handwritten on the card. The card was not given a handwritten number and, accordingly, no number appears below where it otherwise ought to. The format herein is a close, albeit imperfect, rendering of the original, with one notable exception: on the card the header and Bertillon measurements section (left half of card) is laid out perpendicular to the information on the second (right) half of the card.

The reverse side of the Bertillon card features a set of police photographs of Czolgosz (front and profile), the same set of photographs that appeared in newspapers at the time.

MAI gratefully acknowledges the kind assistance of the staff at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical Society in the matter of retrieving and examining this and other related documents.