I recently re-watched His Girl Friday, and now I’m thinking about criminals and crime scenes… set in black-and-white. Care to dive into the murky waters with me? This week I’ve pulled together three scenes sure to get you going.

Weegee (Arthur Fellig), Two Offenders in the Paddy Wagon, 1942. Photograph.

Marc A. Hermann, 497 Dean St., Brooklyn – March 19, 1942, from The Daily News – Then & Now series. Digital composite photograph; original photo by Charles Payne. www.marchermann.com

New South Wales Police Dept., Mug shot of William Stanley Moore, 1 May 1925, Central Police Station, Sydney. Photograph. Justice & Police Museum, Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales, Australia.