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This lady was caught twice: once in 1955 by police, and now by two artists in Ohio who've turned some old police mug shots into kitschy art with a 1950s feel. A police department in California tossed the photos a decade ago when it automated its record system, and Tara Finke recently discovered them in an antiques store.

After retouching the photos--and making them look like they came from the Cincinnati police department--she and her business partner began selling the images on notebooks and posters; tote bags are on the way. "It's the mystery," says Finke, 28...