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![[New York City Police Dept. activities: 5 police and detectives at HQ]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLTUtcG9saWNlLWFuZC1kZXRlY3RpdmVzLWF0LWhxLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/320/232/jpg "[New York City Police Dept. activities: 5 police and detectives at HQ]")
![Civil Liberties [Hearing] - Public domain portrait photograph](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzgvMDEvMDEvY2l2aWwtbGliZXJ0aWVzLWhlYXJpbmctNi02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "Civil Liberties [Hearing] - Public domain portrait photograph")
![[New York City Police Department photograph of (l to r) Waxie Gordon, Hymie Pincus, and Albert Aront] / World Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsico.](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MzMvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwYXJ0bWVudC1waG90b2dyYXBoLW9mLWwtdG8tci13YXhpZS1nb3Jkb24taHltaWUtcGluY3VzLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/32/webp "[New York City Police Department photograph of (l to r) Waxie Gordon, Hymie Pincus, and Albert Aront] / World Telegram photo by Dick DeMarsico.")
![[New York City Police Dept. activities: Inspector McCafferty, on telephone]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLWluc3BlY3Rvci1tY2NhZmZlcnR5LW9uLXRlbGVwaG9uZS02NDAuanBn/40/53/webp "[New York City Police Dept. activities: Inspector McCafferty, on telephone]")
![[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 Police Dept. activities: Information Bureau at HQ--4 men at work]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLWluZm9ybWF0aW9uLWJ1cmVhdS1hdC1ocS00LW1lbi1hdC13b3JrLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/28/webp "[New York City Police Dept. activities: Information Bureau at HQ--4 men at work]")
![[New York City Police Dept. activities: arraigning prisoner at Tenderloin station]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLWFycmFpZ25pbmctcHJpc29uZXItYXQtdGVuZGVybG9pbi1zdGF0aW9uLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/26/webp "[New York City Police Dept. activities: arraigning prisoner at Tenderloin station]")
![[New York City Police Dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements--ear]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDgvMDEvMDEvbmV3LXlvcmstY2l0eS1wb2xpY2UtZGVwdC1hY3Rpdml0aWVzLXRha2luZy1iZXJ0aWxsb24tbWVhc3VyZW1lbnRzLWVhci02NDAuanBn/40/54/webp "[New York City Police Dept. activities: taking Bertillon measurements--ear]")
![[Mounted policeman, New York, N.Y.]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDAvMDEvMDEvbW91bnRlZC1wb2xpY2VtYW4tbmV3LXlvcmstbnktNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/31/webp "[Mounted policeman, New York, N.Y.]")
