Laundry marks?
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josher89
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Laundry marks?
Can someone explain the history of how fingerprints came to be grouped with laundry marks? I changed my signature because of a short article I read in a book I downloaded from archive.org.
"...he wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors." - R. Kipling, 1893
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Texas Pat
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Re: Laundry marks?
Hi Josh,
I don't understand your reference. I was hoping somebody else would jump in so I could figure it out, but I'll go ahead and ask. Where are fingerprints lumped in with laundry marks, and what caused you to change your signature? Could you link the article or copy/paste the passage that influenced you?
Thanks,
Pat
I don't understand your reference. I was hoping somebody else would jump in so I could figure it out, but I'll go ahead and ask. Where are fingerprints lumped in with laundry marks, and what caused you to change your signature? Could you link the article or copy/paste the passage that influenced you?
Thanks,
Pat
"A pretty good 20th Century latent print examiner, stuck now in the 21st Century with no way to go back."
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josher89
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Re: Laundry marks?
The image was captured from this book that was donated to Cornell Univ. by none other than Henry de Forest. As I read through the article, I see that it doesn't specifically say anything about fingerprints, only laundry marks. So I googled laundry marks and fingerprints and this was the first article:
https://scholarlycommons.law.northweste ... ntext=jclc
I think I may have inadvertently associated the two as once begetting the other but maybe they were just different ways to assist in identifying someone...
It does beg the question, however; why was this article placed in this book and by whom?
https://scholarlycommons.law.northweste ... ntext=jclc
I think I may have inadvertently associated the two as once begetting the other but maybe they were just different ways to assist in identifying someone...
It does beg the question, however; why was this article placed in this book and by whom?
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"...he wrapped himself in quotations—as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of emperors." - R. Kipling, 1893