Front identification photograph of Al Capone, published by the FBI as the 1934 mug shot. — Open the full imageJPG, 496 × 740 px, 0.0 MB

Al Capone mug shot, 1934 (front)

Front identification photograph published by the FBI as Al Capone's 1934 mug shot. A copy is stored with this archive.

Date: 1934
Kind: photograph
Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation
Retrieved: 2026-10-11
Rights: A work of the United States government. Public domain in the United States. 17 U.S.C. § 105. The file stored here was downloaded from the FBI image repository on 11 October 2026.

The FBI publishes this frame as “Al Capone Mug Shot 1934 (Front).” The copy in this repository is the JPEG served from the FBI image repository, not a hotlink. The National Archives at San Francisco lists Alphonse “Scarface” Capone as former Alcatraz inmate, register number 85. This page does not claim which cell he occupied, or the day he arrived.

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