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![[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: "Drunken woman" in new Tenderloin station cell, showing cot, toilet bowl, and sink with running water]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC0xOTA5LWRydW5rZW4td29tYW4taW4tbmV3LXRlbmRlcmxvaW4tc3RhdGlvbi1jZWxsLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/440/jpg "[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: \"Drunken woman\" in new Tenderloin station cell, showing cot, toilet bowl, and sink with running water]")
![[New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (r) with his Senate successor John Milton (l) and Mrs. Milton] / World Telegram photo by Collins.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTIvbmV3LWplcnNleS1nb3Zlcm5vci1hLWhhcnJ5LW1vb3JlLXItd2l0aC1oaXMtc2VuYXRlLXN1Y2Nlc3Nvci1qb2huLW1pbHRvbi1sLWZmOTJiMi02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[New Jersey Governor A. Harry Moore (r) with his Senate successor John Milton (l) and Mrs. Milton] / World Telegram photo by Collins.")
![[New York City Police Dept. activities: cells in new Tenderloin station]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLWNlbGxzLWluLW5ldy10ZW5kZXJsb2luLXN0YXRpb24tNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "[New York City Police Dept. activities: cells in new Tenderloin station]")
![[New York City sanitation dept. employee sweeping street, ca. 1910]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MTAvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1zYW5pdGF0aW9uLWRlcHQtZW1wbG95ZWUtc3dlZXBpbmctc3RyZWV0LWNhLTE5MTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/51/webp "[New York City sanitation dept. employee sweeping street, ca. 1910]")
![[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDgvMjMvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1kZXB1dHktcG9saWNlLWNvbW1pc3Npb25lci1qb2huLWEtbGVhY2gtcmlnaHQtd2F0Y2hpbmctYWdlbnRzLTQ3MjgzNy02NDAuanBn/40/31/webp "[New York City Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watching agents pour liquor into sewer following a raid during the height of prohibition]")
![[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: taking "mug" photo of prisoner]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC0xOTA5LXRha2luZy1tdWctcGhvdG8tb2YtcHJpc29uZXItNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/26/webp "[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: taking \"mug\" photo of prisoner]")
![[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: telephone operators (men) lined up at police headquarters switchboard]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC0xOTA5LXRlbGVwaG9uZS1vcGVyYXRvcnMtbWVuLWxpbmVkLXVwLWF0LXBvbGljZS1oZWFkcXVhcnRlcnMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/30/webp "[New York (City) Police Dept., 1909: telephone operators (men) lined up at police headquarters switchboard]")
![[LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: warping into dock, NYC, 13 Sept. 1907, crowd in foregrd.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDcvMDEvMDEvbHVzaXRhbmlhLTE5MDctMTkxNC1uZXcteW9yay1jaXR5LXdhcnBpbmctaW50by1kb2NrLW55Yy0xMy1zZXB0LTE5MDctY3Jvd2QtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[LUSITANIA, 1907-1914, New York City: warping into dock, NYC, 13 Sept. 1907, crowd in foregrd.]")
