Follow the link to see vintage mugshots from a time when ordinary criminals had better wardrobes than you and I.

http://twistedsifter.com/2011/05/vintage-mugshots-from-1920s-black-white/

Also, Ms. X sent me this link to old pictures that had been colorized.  Awesome.

http://twistedsifter.com/2013/08/historic-black-white-photos-colorized/