# Al Capone mug shot captioned 16 May 1929 (FBI)

Canonical: https://mobfiles.org/items/fbi-capone-mugshot-1929/

Police identification photograph of Al Capone in a fedora with a numbered placard, published by the FBI and captioned "Mug shot of Al Capone on May 16, 1929." The date conflicts with other federal captions.

The FBI image repository titles this entry "Al Capone Mugshot" and captions it "Mug shot of Al Capone on May 16, 1929." It is the lead image on the FBI history page [Al Capone](/items/fbi-history-al-capone/). The repository lists the file at 52 KB.

The copy shown here is the original file, downloaded from the FBI image repository on 12 October 2026. The same photograph is held by the National Archives as a print in the New York Times Paris Bureau file, and a copy of that print is stored on its own page: [NAID 24520406](/items/nara-24520406-capone-mug-shot/).

The date is not settled by the records. The FBI caption says May 16, 1929. The placard on the National Archives print shows the number 90725 and a date of 5-16 or 5-18 of '29; a National Archives volunteer transcription reads it "5 18 1929". The National Archives' 1997 American Originals exhibit captions the same print "Al Capone, 1930". The FBI history page says Capone was arrested in Philadelphia on May 17, 1929, for carrying concealed deadly weapons. This page records the conflict and does not resolve it.

## Sources

- Federal Bureau of Investigation, image repository: https://www.fbi.gov/image-repository/history/al-capone-mug-shot.jpeg/view
- FBI history: Al Capone (the page this image illustrates): https://www.fbi.gov/history/cases-and-criminals/al-capone
- National Archives catalog, NAID 24520406 (the same photograph): https://catalog.archives.gov/id/24520406