Title: Mug shot of Valerie Lowe, 15 February 1922, Central Police Station, Sydney. Creator: New South Wales. Police Dept. Date: February 1922 Format: Glass plate negative; Inscription: Emulsion side: Subject: Central Police Station (Sydney, N.S.W.) mug shots police detainees and suspects Description: Special Photograph no 744. Valerie Lowe and Joseph Messenger were arrested in 1921 for breaking into an army warehouse and stealing boots and overcoats to the value of 29 pounds 3 shillings. The following year, when this photograph were taken, they were charged with breaking and entering a dwelling. Those charges were eventually dropped but they were arrested again later that year for stealing a saddle and bridle from Rosebery Racecourse. In 1923 Lowe was convicted of breaking into a house at Enfield and stealing money and jewellery to the value of 40 pounds. See also 'Mug shot of Joseph Messenger.'
