One incredibly random but very fun element of the Detective Magazine and mug shots posted online (Sacramento Police Department collected and has shared a bunch of them) is that many of these folks were dressed in their Sunday best. They headed out planning to blend with the crowds as they committed their crimes and had no plans to get arrested. As a consequence, their arrest photos give a really accurate, close up look at the fashions of the day. Suits, ties and hats as everyday wear for the men and, well, sometimes the wildest hats you could imagine on the women.

Maud to the left here may have been a notorious thief but she could rock a feathered hat.

The page below from February 1909 offers a great variety of men’s hats – and Wikipedia actually offers a pretty good guide that identifies different hat types.