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[Henry Chadwick, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

[Henry Chadwick, half-length portrait, facing slightly left]

Portrait used for police identification purposes, Manchester, England. George Grantham Bain Collection.

Charge of the police at the Tribune office

Charge of the police at the Tribune office

Draft riot in New York City, 1863. Wood engraving in Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War, v. 2, p. 653 [P&P Reference]. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings... More

Where is the difference? / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Where is the difference? / Dalrymple., Political Cartoon

Print shows a "New York Police" officer accepting money from a woman's hand extending from a window labeled "N.Y. Den" and a man labeled "U.S. Senate" accepting "Stock" from a hand extending from a window label... More

Dr. Cook, Bird S. Coler, police officers and others, New York

Dr. Cook, Bird S. Coler, police officers and others, New York

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police dogs, policeman, and thief, New York City

Police dogs, policeman, and thief, New York City

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

On duty, George Kleine presents the uproarious melodramatic farce by Augustine McHugh, Officer 666 in five parts

On duty, George Kleine presents the uproarious melodramatic farce by A...

Motion picture poster for "Officer 666" shows a caricature of a policeman with arms raised as if directing traffic. "From the play by arrangement with Messrs. Geo. M. Cohan and Sam Harris."

Joel F. Warren, George Grantham Bain Collection

Joel F. Warren, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Joel Franklin Warren (1858-1934) who served as Chief of Police for Seattle, Washington. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title and date from data provided by the Bain News Service on the ... More

Cairo's A.R.P at practice and in training. Britain has presented Egypt with the sum of 1,000,000 pounds for the general protection of the city from air attack. All work is carried out by the Ministry of Civil Defence, which in cooperation with police and military authorities has now organized A.R.P measures so well that the city is thoroughly organized to meet any eventuality. Medical services are controlled by Dr. Sidi Bey Araf, director of government hospitals in Egypt and Dr. Fanous, assistant medical liaison officer to the Ministry of Civil Defence. Over 100,000 persons have been trained in auxiliary fire service work and additional training is constantly in progress at the Cairo Fire Brigade Headquarters where a special emergency section exists under the leadership of Steffel Bey. A mobile canteen has been presented to Cairo by the American Red Cross. In the event of air raids it would be used to supply hot drinks and food in bombed area

Cairo's A.R.P at practice and in training. Britain has presented Egypt...

Public domain image of Egyptian art, free to use, no copyright restrictions photo - Picryl description

The Hitch-Hiker motion picture  - movie film screenshot

The Hitch-Hiker motion picture - movie film screenshot

Summary: While vacationing in Mexico, two men offer a ride to a hitchhiker who, after revealing himself as a homicidal maniac, forces the men to help him elude the police. Credits: Cast: Edmond O'Brien, Frank L... More

[Teenage gang members arrested in fatal shooting of Brooklyn youth] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Fernandez.

[Teenage gang members arrested in fatal shooting of Brooklyn youth] / ...

Photograph shows, left to right, Carl Cintron, Transit Patrolman Ernest Fatoruso, Carlos Reyes, Patrolman Frank Collins, Melvin Torres and Israel Narvaes at the Popular St. police station, New York City.

The fatal shooting of Powell stirred Negro rioters to race through Harlem streets carrying pictures of Lt. Gilligan / World Telegram & Sun photo by Dick De Marsico.

The fatal shooting of Powell stirred Negro rioters to race through Har...

Public domain photograph of New York City, Broadway, downtown, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Whiteley's Original Hidden Hand Co.

Whiteley's Original Hidden Hand Co.

Public domain scan of American poster, advertisement, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit to one of the cheap lodging houses in Water St. / from life by Matt Morgan.

Life sketches in the metropolis - our homeless poor - a midnight visit...

Two page spread showing police officer and civilian investigator arriving at crowded room in lodging house, New York City. Illus. in: Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, March 9, 1872, p. 408-409.

Illinois - the recent troubles in Chicago - the police capturing leading anarchists at one of their dens, No. 616 Centre Avenue / from a sketch by C. Bunnell.

Illinois - the recent troubles in Chicago - the police capturing leadi...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cells: New Tenderloin Police Station

Cells: New Tenderloin Police Station

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Surgeons and police working over Silverstein at anarchist riot, Union Square, New York

Surgeons and police working over Silverstein at anarchist riot, Union ...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

No. 2605. A nut cracker

No. 2605. A nut cracker

Photograph shows policeman holding a nightstick.

Police Show -- Polo Team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Police Show -- Polo Team - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

New White House sentry. "King Tut," President Hoover's big German police dog, now makes the rounds of the police sentry boxes in the White House grounds through the night. He is shown with W.S. Newton of the White House police

New White House sentry. "King Tut," President Hoover's big German poli...

A man in uniform standing next to a dog. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMW worker before Civil Liberties. Washington, D.C., April 21. James Westmoreland from Harlan County, Ky., appeared before the Civil Liberties Committee at the Capitol and told how the Harlan County Coal Company had discharged men, approximately 75 men, for union activity. Westmoreland also said company police guarded his home and at one time ran his sister-in-law out of my home by warning her that she had better leave the house, 4/21/1937

UMW worker before Civil Liberties. Washington, D.C., April 21. James W...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Chicago, Illinois. A small jail in the station for the use of police officers escorting prisoners to various parts of the country

Chicago, Illinois. A small jail in the station for the use of police o...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Illinois, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

'It really takes guts to stick' This scene occurred at Fulton St. and Nostrand Ave., in Brooklyn's Bedford-Stuyvesant section today World Telegram & Sun photo by Stanley Wolfson

'It really takes guts to stick' This scene occurred at Fulton St. and ...

Photograph shows confrontation between African Americans and police with billysticks. Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection ... More

Squad of mounted police, New York

Squad of mounted police, New York

Public domain image of personnel, army, group of people in uniform, parade, historic place, military activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

King of the opium ring big scenic sensation : by Chas. E. Blaney & Chas. A. Taylor.

King of the opium ring big scenic sensation : by Chas. E. Blaney & Cha...

28952 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: Police raiding an opium joint. Created and "copyright 1899 by The H.C. Miner Litho. Co., N.Y." Lower left corner and other parts of poster missing. No. 6918. Forms part of: ... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

The new policeman on the beat - the monopoly gang defies him! / F. Opper.

The new policeman on the beat - the monopoly gang defies him! / F. Opp...

Illustration shows a policeman from the "New Chicago Anti-Monopoly Party" holding a broken nightstick labeled "Popular Support", standing on a sidewalk at "Vanderbilt's Monopoly Car Yard", confronting a gang of... More

Hush money--or money for the sewer / Frank Beard.

Hush money--or money for the sewer / Frank Beard.

Illustration showing policemen taking bribes. Illus. in: Judge, v. 5, 1884 March 1, pp. 8-9.

Royal Lilliputians a gigantic organization of lilliputians, dwarfs, midgets, and giants.

Royal Lilliputians a gigantic organization of lilliputians, dwarfs, mi...

Created and "copyright 1900, The U.S. Printing Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 4435. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

No difference / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

No difference / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a police officer labeled "Platt" receiving "Hush Money" at the door of an "Insurance Co." from Richard A. McCurdy, standing in the window of the building are James H. Hyde, Francis Hendricks... More

[New York City Police Dept. activities: arraigning prisoner at Tenderloin station]

[New York City Police Dept. activities: arraigning prisoner at Tenderl...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

[New York City Police Dept. activities: 5 police and detectives at HQ]

[New York City Police Dept. activities: 5 police and detectives at HQ]

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Photo by Bain News Service. Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

Public domain photograph of car crash, accident, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ... a couple of bootleggers and their car come to grief at the hands of the Capitol police

After a thrilling chase through the busiest streets of Washington, ......

National Photo Company Collection. No. 18491. The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is the federal agency responsible for the maintenance, operation, development, and preservation of the United States Capitol Com... More

After Lindbergh told story to Bronx grand jury / World-Telegram staff photo.

After Lindbergh told story to Bronx grand jury / World-Telegram staff ...

Charles A. Lindbergh is shown telling the grand jury his story of the payment of $50,000 ransom for his son. At the right is Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, of the New Jersey State Police, who accompanied Colon... More

Held in kidnapping. District of Columbia police arrested Jerry Riley, left, in connection with the 1928 kidnapping of Charles Mattler in Detroit, Mich. Riley, according to the police, also is known as Andrew J. Mack, Jerry Riley, Dennis Regan and John Kellly. He was arrested at the request of Detroit officers. Detective Sargent F.J. (Dock?) Cox, standing behind Riley, made the arrest with Detective Sargent J.W. Shimon. Riley refuses to talk, 11/4/35

Held in kidnapping. District of Columbia police arrested Jerry Riley, ...

A black and white photo of a man walking down a hallway. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

UMW worker before Civil Liberties. Washington, D.C., April 21. James Westmoreland from Harlan County, Ky., appeared before the Civil Liberties Committee at the Capitol and told how the Harlan County Coal Company had discharged men, approximately 75 men, for union activity. Westmoreland also said company police guarded his home and at one time ran his sister-in-law out of my home by warning her that she had better leave the house, 4211937

UMW worker before Civil Liberties. Washington, D.C., April 21. James W...

A black and white photo of a man sitting at a table, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Title from unverified data received with the Harris & Ewing Collection on the negative or negative sleeve. G... More

Last-Minute Advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 1. Mayor Daniel A. Knaggs (right) of Monroe, Mich., gets last-minute advice from E.J. McCormick, legal counsel for city of Monroe, before taking the stand today at the Senate Civil Liberties Hearing. Knaggs told the Committee that special police sworn in for strike duty at the Newton Steel Plant were armed with baseball bats because there were not enough billies to go around, 8/1/38

Last-Minute Advice. Washington, D.C., Aug. 1. Mayor Daniel A. Knaggs (...

A black and white photo of a group of men. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut. Chief of police

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut....

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information Photograph

A black and white photo of a man in uniform. Office of War Information...

Title and other information from caption sheet entry. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is a... More

[Meyer Lansky, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, being led by detective for booking on vagrancy charge at 54th Street police station, New York City] / N.Y. World Telegram & Sun photo by Orlando Fernandez.

[Meyer Lansky, half-length portrait, facing slightly right, being led ...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Man wearing uniform of the United States Capitol Police

Man wearing uniform of the United States Capitol Police

Date based on span of years of C.M. Bell Collection. Negative number assigned by Library. Gift; American Genetic Association, 1975. Temp note: Batch 53.

Duty, dedicated to the London police

Duty, dedicated to the London police

Six vignettes satirizing the London policeman's overzealous sense of duty. The police arrest a card player, a man walking his dog, a child playing with a top and an intoxicated man, but ignore criminals, murde... More

Merry Katie Emmett in Chat, an American boy

Merry Katie Emmett in Chat, an American boy

A245759 U.S. Copyright Office Caption: A most congenial situation. Created and "copyright 1895 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cincinnati New York." No. 6667. Written by Hubert Sackett & Marion Sackett. Forms part... More

Alma Clayburgh and Police Glee Club

Alma Clayburgh and Police Glee Club

Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s women, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Gaynor pinning medals on honor police

Gaynor pinning medals on honor police

A group of men standing next to each other. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

McLubberty, himself. "My, what a terrible fight!"

McLubberty, himself. "My, what a terrible fight!"

Four-frame comic strip. McLubberty sees a terrible fight and runs to tell a cop, who asks, "You can't stop people from getting married can you?" No copyright information found with item. Signed, lower left, fo... More

[New York City Police Dept. activities: cells in new Tenderloin station]

[New York City Police Dept. activities: cells in new Tenderloin statio...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. Photo by Bain News Service. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police; Crime; Shelf.

Police Parade, 4/24/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Police Parade, 4/24/15 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph showsa police parade marching down 5th avenue. View shows block between 27th and 28th Streets, looking north. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2012)

[Sgt. McQuade, White House Policeman, holding a lost child]

[Sgt. McQuade, White House Policeman, holding a lost child]

Caption: One of the "tragedies" of the Easter egg rolling at the White House. At one time Sergt. McQuade of the White House Police had eight youngsters who had strayed from their parents. All were safely return... More

A black and white photo of a man in a hat, Southington, Connecticut. Chief of police

A black and white photo of a man in a hat, Southington, Connecticut. C...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Houdini appears at the Empire Theatre, every evening this week

Houdini appears at the Empire Theatre, every evening this week

At head of title: Liverpool city police office, Dale St., Feb. 2nd, 1904, I certify that to-day Mr. Harry Houdini showed his abilities in releasing himself from restraint. ... Signed Leonard dunning, Head Const... More

Detroit, Michigan. Police officers removing sit-down strikers from the Yale and Towne Manufacturing plant

Detroit, Michigan. Police officers removing sit-down strikers from the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The lady cop / J. Norman Lynd. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The lady cop / J. Norman Lynd. - Political cartoon, public domain imag...

Illustration shows a policewoman observing a crowd of women outside a store advertising a "Sacrifice Sale of Millinery"; she is torn by her obligation to her duties as a police officer and her desire to take ad... More

The Federal Theatre presents "I want a policeman" by Rufus King & Milton Lazarus Fastest moving comedy of the season : First time in San Diego.

The Federal Theatre presents "I want a policeman" by Rufus King & Milt...

Poster for Federal Theatre Project presentation of "I Want a Policeman" at the Savoy Theatre, showing a policeman running with gun drawn and carrying a baton. Work Projects Administration Poster Collection (Lib... More

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, Tampa, Hillsborough County, FL

MacDill Air Force Base, Fire & Guard House, 2709 Florida Keys Avenue, ...

Significance: The Fire and Guard House, due to its architectural integrity and its contribution to the Second World War-era infrastructure, forms an integral part of MacDill Air Force Base's historic character.... More

"On a spree" - full dress acrobatic acts

"On a spree" - full dress acrobatic acts

Drunken woman at party; riding on man's shoulders and spilling champagne from bottle. Illus. in: National Police Gazette, v. 37-38, New York, 1880-1881; p. 16. This record contains unverified, old data from cap... More

Theodore Roosevelt when he was a New York police commissioner

Theodore Roosevelt when he was a New York police commissioner

Photograph showing Theodore Roosevelt, seated at his desk, facing left. Date stamped on verso: Sep 3 1966. Title newspaper clipping. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Colle... More

Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913

Suffragettes - London - Arrest of Suffragette - Oct. 1913

Policemen and plain clothesman escorting woman. Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Libra... More

Police entry, 5/17/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Police entry, 5/17/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Picryl description: Public domain image of armed forces, military conflict, conscription, infantry, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Group of Br. [i.e., British] police at entrance into courtyard of the Ch. of H. Sepulchre [i.e., Church of the Holy Sepulchre]

Group of Br. [i.e., British] police at entrance into courtyard of the ...

Picryl description: Public domain image of the British Empire armed forces, 19th-20th century war and military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Truckers bringing supplies, people performing essential services, anyone with a legitimate reason can enter a defense plant, but he and his business must first be known. During his visit he must wear an identification badge issued by the plant police. White Motor Company, Cleveland, Ohio

Truckers bringing supplies, people performing essential services, anyo...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of worker, marketplace, vendor, 1930s, Great Depression, economic conditions, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut. Chief of police

A black and white photo of a police officer, Southington, Connecticut....

Public domain photograph - historical image of Connecticut, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C. Auxiliary MP (Military Police) waiting for bus at Chattanooga, Tennessee

Bus trip from Knoxville, Tennessee to Washington, D.C. Auxiliary MP (M...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington DC, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

George Metesky being brought from second to first floor to Waterbury police hqs. to be booked Flanking Metesky are Det. Mike Lynch (left) from 24th Sqd., N.Y., and Capt. Ernest Pakul of Waterbury police World Telegram & Sun photo by Phil Stanziola

George Metesky being brought from second to first floor to Waterbury p...

Title from news agency caption on item. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, CA

Santa Monica City Jail, 1685 Main Street, Santa Monica, Los Angeles Co...

Significance: The Santa Monica City Hall, including the jail facility in the northwest wing, was designed in a PWA Moderne style popular in the 1930s by prominent Los Angeles architects, Joseph M. Estep and Don... More

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent City, MD

Police Department Headquarters, 100 Fallsway, Baltimore, Independent C...

Significance: The Police Department Headquarters is significant for its association with the Municipal Historic District, Baltimore City, Maryland. The district consists of a linear area with an east-west axis... More

Civil Service examination for the New York police.  A graduate / W.P. Snyder.

Civil Service examination for the New York police. A graduate / W.P. ...

Policeman holding reins of horse. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1886 Jan. 16, p. 44.

Mulberry ring - growing fat on ill gotten gains

Mulberry ring - growing fat on ill gotten gains

A bulldog, dressed in the uniform of the New York City police department located on Mulberry Street in Manhattan, leans against a billboard, brandishing a billy club. The policeman is surrounded by signs which... More

Poster - The sidewalks of New York - Public domain lithograph

Poster - The sidewalks of New York - Public domain lithograph

Caption: It was on Broadway : Buttons McGurk, "King of the bums", does up the "copper" on Herald Square. Created and "copyright 1896 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cinti & N.Y." No. 7387. Forms part of: Theatrical ... More

He won't go off his beat / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

He won't go off his beat / J.S. Pughe. Joseph Pulitzer

Illustration showing two concerned citizens and Joseph Pulitzer imploring Uncle Sam, dressed as a "U.S." policeman, to break up a fight taking place in the background labeled "South Africa" between John Bull a... More

The endless game / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

The endless game / Ehrhart. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a game of chess between a hand labeled "Political Pull" showing a cufflink labeled "Brass Check" and a hand labeled "Reform". The chess board is labeled "[Depar]Tment of Police" and some of t... More

Gauvreau of the Dominion police during the Crippen case

Gauvreau of the Dominion police during the Crippen case

A black and white photo of a man in a suit and hat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The scarlet woman - whom shall she pay? / Gordon Grant '12.

The scarlet woman - whom shall she pay? / Gordon Grant '12.

Illustration shows a woman wearing a red dress, holding money, standing between the "Health Department Bureau of Licences and Inspection" and an opening in a wall labeled "Graft". In a cut-away showing the scen... More

[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 Deputy Police Commissioner John A. Leach, right, watchi...

Title devised by Library staff using information from photo slug. Photo was marked with a grease pencil during editing for publication. Forms part of: New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Co... More

Police department substation, Corpus Christi, Texas

Police department substation, Corpus Christi, Texas

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Chief Hanson will not meet with the gay community, so we must take our demands to him -- end assaults on gays ...

Chief Hanson will not meet with the gay community, so we must take our...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Washington State, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Two Hunter College students covering their faces with books, at police headquarters after they were picked up on narcotics] / World Telegram & Sun photo by Herman Hiller.

[Two Hunter College students covering their faces with books, at polic...

NYWT&S staff photo. New York World-Telegram and the Sun Newspaper Photograph Collection (Library of Congress).

William Polemus, Police Chief, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

William Polemus, Police Chief, Seaside Heights, New Jersey

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Margolies category: Atlantic coast. Purchase; John Margolies 2015 (DLC/PP-2015:142). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America phot... More

A city patrolman gives Santa Claus a lift in downtown Napa, California. Ed Lieberman, from Los Angeles, California, is Santa Claus

A city patrolman gives Santa Claus a lift in downtown Napa, California...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: The Jon B. Lovelace Collection of California Photographs in Carol M. Highsmith's America Project, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs... More

Detroit, Michigan. Police officers removing sit-down strikers from the Yale and Towne Manufacturing plant

Detroit, Michigan. Police officers removing sit-down strikers from the...

Public domain photograph - historical image of Michigan, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Sam Bozono (Policeman) / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Sam Bozono (Policeman) / photograph by Ansel Adams.

Sam Bozono, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, wearing police uniform. According to caption on negative sleeve, he is "temp segregated." Title transcribed from Ansel Adams' caption on verso of print. Or... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Old Police Station, 65 1/2 Park Street, Adams, Berkshire County, MA

Significance: The Old Police Station in Adams, MA, is representative of a small, functional police station of the turn of the century, built at a time when police services were being put on a professional foot... More

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