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Looking up at the antenna mast in the rear of the precinct station. Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. WPDW, the radio station operated by the Metropolitan Police Department here is considered one of the most efficient and best equipped in the country. Located at No. 10 precinct, it was designed and built by Lieut. James Kelly in 1931 and operates on 400 watts, 2422 kilocycles. Two way radio transmissions is now in the experimental stage, and about three cars are expected to be in service next year. All motorcycles are equipped with receiving equipment, 10/38

Looking up at the antenna mast in the rear of the precinct station. Wa...

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School police, Omaha, Nebraska. Great Depression public domain photograph.

School police, Omaha, Nebraska. Great Depression public domain photogr...

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Bethlehem police barracks and post office burned by Arab rebels

Bethlehem police barracks and post office burned by Arab rebels

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Wedding of Miss Olwen Wainright. The bride & groom, Mr. Walter Peter Purcell-Gilpin coming out from the church followed by bride's maids after the ceremony, showing guard of honour by Br. Police

Wedding of Miss Olwen Wainright. The bride & groom, Mr. Walter Peter P...

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Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape pickers (showing Supernumerary Police)

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape picker...

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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...

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A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a building, Police Chief Robinson. Childersburg, Alabama

A black and white photo of a man standing in front of a building, Poli...

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Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Crossing road in the front of Arlington Farms. A military police man acts as a traffic officer

Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Crossing road in the fr...

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Italian national police in full dress on duty in Sicily

Italian national police in full dress on duty in Sicily

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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

Village hall, Garden City, Long Island. Police department garage

Village hall, Garden City, Long Island. Police department garage

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[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...

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Los sangrientos sucesos en la ciudad de Puebla, la muerte del jefe de policía Miguel Cabrera

Los sangrientos sucesos en la ciudad de Puebla, la muerte del jefe de ...

Broadside shows bust portrait of Chief of Police Miguel Cabrera juxtaposed with a scene showing a shootout involving a woman and several uniformed men in a compound. The text conveys the pre-revolutionary alter... More

Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Police Station No. 10, 1170 Columbus Avenue, Boston, Suffolk County, M...

Significance: This building is one of the first municipal buildings built in Roxbury after its annexation to Boston in 1868. It is also important as a work by Gridley J.F. Bryant, who with various partners des... More

The little train robbery /

The little train robbery /

From Edison films catalog: The opening scene shows the interior of the robbers' den. The walls are decorated with the portraits of notorious criminals and pictures illustrating the exploits of famous bandits. S... More

Manzanar War Relocation Center, Military Police Post, Independence, Inyo County, CA

Manzanar War Relocation Center, Military Police Post, Independence, In...

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Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Police Station, North of Main Gate on Fyffe Avenue, Stockton, San Joaquin County, CA

Naval Supply Annex Stockton, Police Station, North of Main Gate on Fyf...

Significance: Building 17 is a contributing element of the Naval Supply Annex Stockton Historic District. The historic district was determined eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places u... More

Reviewing stand - Samuel Clemens, Cardinal Louge, Archbishop Farley and James Farley, oldest policemen in parade of 1908

Reviewing stand - Samuel Clemens, Cardinal Louge, Archbishop Farley an...

Photograph shows Clemens, Cardinal Michael Logue, Archbishop John Murphy Farley, Mayor George B. McClellan, Jr., and James Farley, oldest serving policeman on the force, viewing the 1908 police parade. George ... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Delaw...

Significance: Building 2830 supported the SAC mission by providing space in support of squadron-level operations, and later in support of squadron-level operations, and later in support of police security opera... 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

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Idaho Avenue, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Operations Building, Idaho...

Significance: Building 1812 served as a law enforcement and security information facility, and provided office space for personnel detailed to security police operations. The building was utilized as a detainme... More

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Central Control Building, Delaware Street, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, NY

Plattsburgh Air Force Base, Security Police Central Control Building, ...

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Whiteley's Original Hidden Hand Co.

Whiteley's Original Hidden Hand Co.

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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

[Makofski, half-length portrait, facing right, in police uniform]

[Makofski, half-length portrait, facing right, in police uniform]

Inscription to Kennan in Russian on verso: To a well known traveller in Russia and a nice man, Mr. Kennan, from the Irkutsk city police chief Cr. Makofskii. Captain Christopher Fomich Makofskii was the Irkutsk ... More

[Makofski, half-length portrait, facing right, in police uniform]

[Makofski, half-length portrait, facing right, in police uniform]

Inscription to Kennan in Russian on verso: To a well known traveller in Russia and a nice man, Mr. Kennan, from the Irkutsk city police chief Cr. Makofskii. Captain Christopher Fomich Makofskii was the Irkutsk ... More

Portrait photo of A group of "Washington's finest"

Portrait photo of A group of "Washington's finest"

Photograph shows a group of motorcycle policemen, from left to right: "Sergt. J.E. Boyle, L.F. Reilly, W.D. Vaughn, F.S. Tyser, L.D. Redman, D.E. Gailmore, G.P. Waite, R.H. Mansfield, G.M. Little, A. Shockey, W... More

"Move on!" Has the Native American no rights that the naturalized American is bound to respect? / / Th. Nast.

"Move on!" Has the Native American no rights that the naturalized Amer...

A policeman ordering a Native man to "move on" away from a voting polls around which are clustered stereotyped "naturalized" Americans. Illus. in: Harper's weekly, v. 15, no. 747 (1871 April 22), p. 361. Refere... More

Portrait Photograph: Navy Police, Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

Portrait Photograph: Navy Police, Harris and Ewing, Washington, D.C.

A couple of men standing next to each other, Library of Congress Harris and Ewing collection Portraits and news photographs by Washington, D.C.-based firm, showing people, events, architecture in Washington, D... More

Broken banks - defaulting cashiers - negligent directors - who is responsible? / J. Keppler.

Broken banks - defaulting cashiers - negligent directors - who is resp...

Print shows a police officer holding O.L. Baldwin, cashier at the Mechanics' National Bank in Newark, by the shoulder while Baldwin, using "Speculation Soap Suds", blows a soap bubble labeled "500,000 Paid in C... 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.

New York City - "Doing the slums" - A scene in the Five Points / from a sketch by a staff artist.

New York City - "Doing the slums" - A scene in the Five Points / from ...

Policeman leading upper class people through the Five Points neighborhood. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"The finest" (brutes) in the world Citizen (to Mayor Hewitt)--"Protect me from my 'protectors!'" / / Zimmerman ; Sackett, Wilhelms & Betzig, Lith. N.Y.

"The finest" (brutes) in the world Citizen (to Mayor Hewitt)--"Protect...

Illustration showing citizen asking Mayor Abram Hewitt for protection from the police, and policemen engaged in brutality and corruption. Illus. in: Judge, v. 12, 1887 June 11, pp. 8-9.

Composite photograph group of the Chiefs of Police, New York City

Composite photograph group of the Chiefs of Police, New York City

On portico of large building. Photo copyrighted by D.H. Anderson. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Composite pictures; Photog. I.; NY NYC Misc. 1889; Police 1889; Shelf.

Race battles. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Race battles. Book illustration from Library of Congress

Man in bowler hat with apron. (DLC/PP-1934:0009). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "The Non-Combatant" by Octave Thanet, Scribner's magazine, 21:742 (June 1897).

[Hendricks Collection. Police entering patrol wagon--unidentified works].

[Hendricks Collection. Police entering patrol wagon--unidentified work...

Police are seen mounting a horse-drawn police wagon. Copyright: unknown. Previously misidentified as the 1897 Edison film, Police patrol wagon. However, footage does not match Maguire & Baucus summary or photo ... More

McFadden's row of flats new edition.

McFadden's row of flats new edition.

Created and "copyrighted 1898 by The A.S. Seer Print, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

The mote in our neighbor's eye / J.S. Pughe.

The mote in our neighbor's eye / J.S. Pughe.

Print shows at center, Uncle Sam as a policeman attempting to stop a bullfight, calling it a "brutal and degrading sport"; vignettes surrounding the main image show a "Six Day Bicycle Race" with exhausted rider... More

To lay charges of fraud before Secretary of Interior Ickes. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. Turney Gratz, standing, Secretary-Manager of the Produce Dealers Division of the North Side Business and Improvement Association, Kansas City, KS[?], and Lieut. William M. Boyle Jr.. Secretary to the Kansas City Police Director, arrived here today to lay before PWA Administrator Harold Ickes charges of fraud, deception, and misrepresentation in connection with the PWA Grant to the City of Kansas for $1,700,000 to construct a railroad produce market. Lieut. Boyle supervised the investigation of the criminal activities case

To lay charges of fraud before Secretary of Interior Ickes. Washington...

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

Police reserve -- theatrical unit

Police reserve -- theatrical unit

Picryl description: Public domain image of military personnel, army, group photograph, armed people in uniform, war inspection, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Congress of nations / motion picture

Congress of nations / motion picture

"A new and sensational film, which deals in a highly up-to-date manner with the international situation. A magician steps upon the stage carrying a hoop covered with white paper. Then in quick succession the fl... More

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)

Happy Hooligan it is to laugh : nothing but fun.

Happy Hooligan it is to laugh : nothing but fun.

Caption: Removing an obstruction. Created and "copyright 1902 by The U.S. Lithograph Co., Russell-Morgan Print, Cincinnati & New York." No. 6554. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Edward S. Curtis - A policeman - Public domain portrait print

Edward S. Curtis - A policeman - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows half-length portrait of a Navajo man identified as a policeman. H52447 U.S. Copyright Office. Edward S. Curtis Collection. Curtis no. 990. Sitter previously mis-identified as John Boone or Thic... More

[Two policemen leading woman off followed by crowd]

[Two policemen leading woman off followed by crowd]

Title devised by cataloger. (DLC/PP-1933:0079). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published as headpiece in: "A Study in Values" by Emma Kaufman, Collier's weekly (Aug. 12, ... More

A new fad of the Kearney Sheriff and Chief of Police Trindle:  photographing the "bad man"

A new fad of the Kearney Sheriff and Chief of Police Trindle: photogr...

summary: Photographer's note: "Walter Samons and Chief Trindle photographing the bad man. Salmons is now serving time in Leavenworth Prison on charge of robbing the Kearney Post Office of $5,000." original size: 6x8

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

Street and mounted Mexican policeman, Juarez, Mexico

Street and mounted Mexican policeman, Juarez, Mexico

Negative broken and taped to second sheet of glass. Corresponding glass transparency available on videodisc frame 1A- 30603. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 019810. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[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.

Police hurry to bomb-throwing scene, Union Square, anarchist riot, New York

Police hurry to bomb-throwing scene, Union Square, anarchist riot, New...

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Commander Bingham and Mayor McClellan in police parade, New York

Commander Bingham and Mayor McClellan in police parade, New York

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[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.

Police Overpowering prisoner - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Police Overpowering prisoner - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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Police Xmas tree -- distributing gifts
Jr. Police 15th Precinct & Capt. J.F. Sweeney

Jr. Police 15th Precinct & Capt. J.F. Sweeney

A group of men in uniform posing for a picture. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Never again! The story of a speeder cop /

Never again! The story of a speeder cop /

An animated cartoon about an ineffectual policeman (Officer Heeler) who quits the force after a losing battle against speeders. MP519 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright: International Film Service, Inc.; 4Feb16; M... More

Police Women - Capt. Edyth Totten and women police reserve. New York City

Police Women - Capt. Edyth Totten and women police reserve. New York C...

Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Police women; NY NYC History; PI; Woman E... More

Semaphore. Street police. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

Semaphore. Street police. Washington DC in 1920s. Public domain.

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Police home defense game - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Police home defense game - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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New York police, 5/11/21 - Public domain demonstration photograph

New York police, 5/11/21 - Public domain demonstration photograph

A group of men standing in front of a building. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Metropolitan police, 5/16/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Metropolitan police, 5/16/22 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domai...

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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

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

[Policeman standing alongside wrecked car and cases of moonshine]

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White House police - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

White House police - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

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The White House police force which doned sic their new uniforms today, lined up for inspection by their chief Maj. O.M. Ballinger on the south lawn of the White House

The White House police force which doned sic their new uniforms today,...

In album: Washington, D.C., 2 Jan. 1923 to 28 Feb. 1923, v. 1, Herbert E. French, National Photo Company, p. 47, no. 22767. Forms part of: National Photo Company Collection (Library of Congress). Original glass... More

White House police, 2/17/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

White House police, 2/17/23 - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain...

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Police Com. Enright of N.Y, Maj. Sullivan & Colonel R. Waldo, 7/30/24

Police Com. Enright of N.Y, Maj. Sullivan & Colonel R. Waldo, 7/30/24

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["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughter of Treas. smokes cigarettes n'everything. Alex's father is the $12,000 prize police dog "Wolfe"]

["Alex," prize German police dog and pet of Miss Ailsa Mellon, daughte...

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New White House police must be tall. Six new six-footers have been added to the White House police force by the Congressional Deficiency bill of last December. Regulations require that they be six feet and over. The picture shows Sergeant Dalrymple measuring R.G. Ford, a new officer, measuring 6 feet 2 inches. In the group, left to right: R.G. Ford, P.A. McDuffie, Dick Ballard, W.M. Haywood, P.E. Allen and B.B. Bradley

New White House police must be tall. Six new six-footers have been add...

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Two interesting members of the International Association [...] Police Chiefs who are visiting in Washington. George Pushkas, [...] chief of the Royal Hungarian State Police and Dr. John [...]rt, Captain of Hungarian police

Two interesting members of the International Association [...] Police ...

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Disturbance. Police activities on Jaffa Road on eve of Slomo Ben Yuosef's [i.e., Shlomo Ben-Yosef's] hanging, June 28, '38

Disturbance. Police activities on Jaffa Road on eve of Slomo Ben Yuose...

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[Metropolitan police officer. Washington, D.C.]

[Metropolitan police officer. Washington, D.C.]

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Police Station, South Main Street, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Police Station, South Main Street, Tucson, Pima County, AZ

Survey number: HABS AZ-50 Public domain photograph - historical image of Arizona, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Teliprinter [i.e., teleprinter] in the police barracks showing two officers on duty.

Teliprinter [i.e., teleprinter] in the police barracks showing two off...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a historic place interior, salon, hall lobby, living room, 18th-19th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Police sports on Scopus. American colony in Jerusalem public domain photo.

Police sports on Scopus. American colony in Jerusalem public domain ph...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a rural landscape, horses, horse riding, farm animals, farmers, livestock, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

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

In spotlight at civil liberties hearing. Washington, D.C., July 2. "We're going to keep this plant open whether you like it or not", Chicago Police told John B. Riffe, C.I.O. organizer, according to this testimony before the Senate Civil Liberties Committee today. He told of going to the Reublic Steel Corp., plant the night the strike was called and found "about 150 policemen" with Capt. James L. Mooney in charge. The situation was tense Riffe said, 7/2/37

In spotlight at civil liberties hearing. Washington, D.C., July 2. "We...

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

Bethlehem police barracks and post office burned by Arab rebels

Bethlehem police barracks and post office burned by Arab rebels

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Police department, Washington, North Carolina

Police department, Washington, North Carolina

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Government "T" men try out their shooting irons. Washington, D.C., Aug. 2. Start of the third annual marksmanship match between officers in the various enforcement services of the Treasury Department, marksmanship training in the Treasury Department was inaugurated by Sec. Morgenthau in 1935 and these matches are held under his discretion, teams that are competing are the Bureau of Customs, Alcohol Tax Unit, White House Police, Secret Service, Bureau of Internal Revenue, The Public Health Service, 8/2/38

Government "T" men try out their shooting irons. Washington, D.C., Aug...

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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

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape pickers (showing Supernumerary Police)

Vintage activities at Richon-le-Zion, Aug. 1939. Group of grape picker...

Picryl description: Public domain image of working farmers, agriculture, farm, 20th century, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Sen. Radcliffe views disputed property unscathed. Washington, D.C., July 22. Senator George L. Radcliffe, of Maryland, one of the principal speakers at the dedication of the Rockville, MD., postoffice today, looked over the postoffice after the ceremony, in spite of threats from Mrs. Samuel A. Wimsatt who says the part of the property upon which the front door is built belongs to her. She posted that portion of the building and threatened to have trespassers locked up. It is believed that Sen. Radcliffe returned to Washington without being stopped by the police, 7/22/39

Sen. Radcliffe views disputed property unscathed. Washington, D.C., Ju...

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

Mr. Tucker is the police department of Clayville, Rhode Island. He runs the Saturday night dances and calls the turns for the square dances

Mr. Tucker is the police department of Clayville, Rhode Island. He run...

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Greensboro chief of police reading CIO picket sign at a textile mill in Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia

Greensboro chief of police reading CIO picket sign at a textile mill i...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a political campaign, politician, meeting, civil rights movement, African Americans, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

A group of men riding on the backs of horses, Chicago mounted police, Chicago, Illinois

A group of men riding on the backs of horses, Chicago mounted police, ...

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of a horse, 1930s, 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....

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Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This master control station, located in the police office at the North American Aviation plant in Inglewood, California, automatically records on a paper tape any fire alarm turned in through the boxes. This plant produces the battle-tested B-25 ("Billy Mitchell") bomber, used in General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the P-51 ("Mustang") fighter plane, which was first brought into prominence by the British raid on Dieppe

Production. Airplane manufacture, general. This master control station...

Public domain photograph of California in 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Military Police acting as traffic officer by the bus stop at Arlington Farms

Arlington Farms, war duration residence halls. Military Police acting ...

Public domain photograph - United States during World War Two, 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

Japanese-American volunteers. A typical army scene--waiting in line for dinner. First of the territory's AJA [Americans of Japanese ancestry] volunteers to take their physical exams, these Kauai, Hawaii men were quartered in a provisional camp pending annoucement of results of final tests. Here they enthusiastically form their first chow line as dinner is served. A few of the volunteers started off right by going on KP (Kitchen Police) duty the first few hours in camp

Japanese-American volunteers. A typical army scene--waiting in line fo...

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[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).

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Civil rights march on Washington, D.C. / [MST].

Photograph shows a crowd of African Americans behind a storm fence with police on the other side.

Police headquarters building, New York, New York

Police headquarters building, New York, New York

Digital image produced by Carol M. Highsmith to represent her original film transparency; some details may differ between the film and the digital images. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer.... More

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