Police Officer Collection

Leopold & Loeb In Prison
(Original Caption) 1924-Leopold & Loeb murder case: Richard Loeb (l) and Nathan Leopold Jr. in prison, 1924, for the murder of Robert Franks in Chicago. Photograph

FDR Speaks at World's Fair
Pres Roosevelt at New York world fair

Firemen Aim Hoses at Civil Rights Protest
Although a group of 2, 000 African American protesters have been given permission to hold a civil rights rally near the Birmingham jail

Glamorgan Colliery
Police guarding the Glamorgan Colliery during the strikes and riots in the coalmining town of Tonypandy, in the Welsh Rhondda, November 1910

Smiling Man Police Uniform Policeman Policemen Officer
UNITED STATES - Circa 1960s: Smiling Man Police Uniform Policeman Policemen Officer

New York Crowds
Crowds passing the bronze statue of Atlas in front of the Rockefeller Center on Fifth Avenue, New York City, circa 1950. The Gotham Hosiery store is in the background

Policeman Arresting a Hobo on Mulberry Street
1897-New York, NY-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Arrest of a hobo at Mulberry Bend

New York City Police officers pose in front of the 20th Precinct Station

Bread Line During Depression
(Original Caption) Unemployed men on bread line during the Depression. B/W photograph, undated

Cartoon of World Powers Policing Greece
(Original Caption) 1897: A political cartoon satirizing the trouble that the world's powers (England, Austria, Russia, Germany, Italy, and France), are having in dealing with Greece

Fire and Police Forces Training for Air Raids
Policemen and firefighters from New Jersey train with gas masks during a practice fire. They are training to fight fires caused by possible Axis air raids

London Policeman
(Original Caption) London, England: Photograph of a London policeman, standing in courtyard full length, holding gloves

Policemen in Motorcycle Sidecar with Rifle
(Original Caption) New York

Assault Victim Surrounded by Mob
A crowd surrounds an African American assault victim who sits on the street next to a police officer after being hit

Boston Police Force
Boston's new police forces mobilize in preparation for the May Day riots

Engraving of Police Charging a Crowd in St. Petersburg, Russia
1905-St. Petersburg, Russia-ORIGINAL CAPTION READS: Russian Revolution, 1905, Police charging into the crowd during the Petersburg upheaval--an unsuccessful attempt to tumble the Romanov Dynasty

Crowd of Students Being Controlled by Police
(Original Caption) Some of the 400 rioting students at the United States Naval Base in Sasebo, 620 miles Southwest of Tokyo, are herded together by helmeted riot policemen

Harry K. Thaw Leaving Courthouse
Wealthy accused murderer Harry K. Thaw is led from the courthouse after a day of testimony in his trial for the murder of architect Stanford White

Woman Being Led Away During Anti German Riots
ANTI-GERMAN RIOTS IN LONDON, WWI.UNDATED PHOTOGRAPH

19th-Century Print of a Draft Rioters Protesting in the Street
The event took place during the New York Draft Riots which happened in July of 1863

Can The Law Reach Him? The Dwarf and the Thief by Thomas Nast
A Harper's Weekly political cartoon of Boss Tweed, who ruled Tammany Hall, the Democratic political machine in New York City

Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve in Hustle
(Original Caption) Burt Reynolds and Catherine Deneuve in a scene from the movie: "Hustle." February 1975

Whiskey Ring Political Cartoon by Thomas Nast
A political cartoon on the Whiskey Ring scandal that occured during President Grant's second term

Print Depicting a Policeman Arresting a Prostitute
(Original Caption) Prostitutes: Policeman raiding a house of ill repute. Woodcut, 1887

Engraving of the Haymarket Riot in Chicago
Haymarket Riot. The anarchist labour troubles in Chicago, Illinois. A police patrol wagon attacked by a mob 12, 000 rioters, May 3, 1886. Engraving

Protester Being Taken into Custody
(Original Caption) With a policeman on each arm, a woman demonstrator is led away from a street skirmish between police and marchers protesting integration at Central High School

New York Officials Riding Subway
Financiers, city officials, and policemen ride New York City's first subway on October 27, 1904 at City Hall station

London Police Officers Arresting Suffragist
(Original Caption) Arrest of a London suffragette by two police bobbies. Photograph ca. 1905. BPA2# 5477

Policeman On Horse Clears Sidewalk
(Original Caption) 1907-New York, NY: Lower East Side. Policeman clears sidewalk. Sunday. 1907

Newport Police Officers

Police Officers with Police Dogs
(Original Caption) Four police officers with dogs on leash. Undated photograph

Keystone Kops on Patrol
The Keystone Kops series, starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle and Mabel Normand, was tops among silent-screen comedies of the 1910s and 20s

Registering And Fingerprinting Enemy Aliens During World War I
A police officer fingerprints a European enemy alien visitor to New York during World War I

Police and Firefighters Spraying Kelly's Army
Police officers and firefighters of Sacramento drive away members of Kelly's Army, unemployed men who were camping out

Assassin Arrested
After swallowing a cyanide pill which only made him sick, Gavrilo Princip was dragged from an angry crowd and arrested for shooting Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife

Emmeline Pankhurst Carried by Officer
Emmeline Pankhurst is led away by a policeman after leading a group of suffragettes in an attempt to present a petition to the King at Buckingham Palace

Arresting Killer of Archduke Ferdinand
Gavrilo Princip assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, on June 28, 1914. This act set into motion the events that directly lead to World War I

Police Preparing for Demonstrations
(Original Caption) Night of July 11, 1914...Following negatives made at I.W.W. memorial services to bomb explosion victims, Union Square, July 11th

Alleged Murderer Frank Holt and His Captors
Constable McCahill, Frank Holt and Theodore Campbell, who helped McCahill arrest Holt

Crowd of People Waiting for Seats to Baseball Game
A crowd waits for bleacher seats at the Baker Bowl for the Chicago White Soxs first game of the 1915 season in Philadelphia

Policemen in Auto Await Riot Call During Strike

Policeman Clearing City Hall Park
(Original Caption) 6/16/1917-New York, NY-5, 000 WOMEN IN CITY HALL REGISTRY RIOT

Suffragists in Custody of Police
(Original Caption) 6/26/1917-Miss Katherine Morey, suffragette of Boston, Massachusetts, on the way to police station with Washington policeman

Sheep Grazing on White House Lawn
(Original Caption) 5/4/1918-Washington, DC: Sheep Grazing on the Whit House Lawn

First Woman to Register for the Vote
(Original Caption) 5/25/1918-Mrs. Anne J. Curry who was the first woman to sign her name on register sheets. Register sheets. Registration day

Policemen on Guard with Weapons
(Original Caption) German police behind barricades against the "Spartakists."

Mounted Police Escorting Man on Street
Mounted police round up African Americans and escort them to a safety zone during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Man Moving Belongings
An African American man moves his belongings to a safety zone under police protection during the Chicago Race Riot of 1919

Colored Resident Moving Belongings
Police officers oversee a Black resident of the South Side of Chicago, moving shortly after the riots of 1919. (Photo by © Bettmann/CORBIS/Bettmann Archive)

Black Residents Moving Belongings
A police officer provides protection to Black residents of the South Side of Chicago, moving shortly after the riots of 1919

Policeman Talking to Soldier on Horse
(Original Caption) 9/1919-Boston, Massachusetts: One of the few policemen (only 427 out of 1, 544), who remain on duty during the Boston police strike

Group of Picketers Confronting Men
(Original Caption) 9/24/1919-Gary, IN- Pickets on duty in the vicinity of the steel mill. The policeman is an interested spectator

Police Load Van with Communist Literature
(Original Caption) 11/11/1919-Boston, MA-: Photo shows officers and clerks loading a police ambulance with Red literature seized at Communist headquarters in Cambridge

Dispensing of Wine During Prohibition
(Original Caption) Pouring a cask of wine into the New York City sewer, are workers following police orders during the prohibition era

Exterior View of an Entrance to Tombs Prison
A view of Tombs Prison, opened in 1902

Policeman Reads Proclamation on Wall
(Original Caption) 1920- Berlin, Germany- A German policeman reading a proclamation posted in Berlin calling on the people's accordance with the terms of the Peace Treaty

Bolsheviks Parading in Costume
(Original Caption) Paris: Bolshevik Demonstration In Paris

Police and Crowd Watching Men Remove Wine Barrel
(Original Caption) 4/27/1921-New York, NY- Seizure of wine on a court warrant at 38 Cherry Street. Shows officials taking barrels from the cellar

Police Officers in Motorcycle and Sidecar
Two police officers take off in their motorcycle and sidecar

Women in Bathing Suits Being Arrested
(Original Caption) Bathing beauties being arrested for defying a Chicago edict banning abbreviated bathing suits on beaches

Police Discovering Body of Bobby Franks
(Original Caption) Beneath this culvert at 121st Street and Pennsylvania tracks was found the body of Robert Franks, 13, son of Jacob Franks, millionaire, of 5052 Ellis Avenue, Chicago

Prohibition Authorities with Captured Still in New York City
(Original Caption) Izzy Einstein and Moe Smith with a still they captured in a cellar at 284 Barret Street. Einstein is shown front row, second from left; Smith is on the far right

Policeman, Student Look @ Eclipse
(Original Caption) 1/24/1925-The town policeman viewing the eclipse with one of the students of Wesleyan University

Bomb Explosion Imperils 40 in Tenement
With a blast that threw the neighborhood into a panic a time bomb exploded early Monday, August 3, in the hallway of a four story dwelling in Brooklyn, New York

Alcohol Raid On A Speakeasy
(Original Caption) Alcohol (booze) raid on a speakeasy. 1926

Striking Textile Workers Fleeing Police
(Original Caption) 4/8/1926-Passaic, NJ- Children are trampled down, men and women injured, as enraged police charge the strikers picket line at the Gera Mills in Passaic

Detectives with Suspect's Weapons
(Original Caption) Illinois: Arsenal Taken In Cicero, Illinois Raid. Police Lt. Charles Egan (left) and Capt. John Norton, both of the Chicago Police, with confiscated weapons

Robert M. Woodward Questioning Women
Assistant state attorney Robert Woodward (center) questions Bessie Krzyzak (seated)

Funeral Procession of Harry Houdini

Actress Texas Guinan Being Arrested
(Original Caption) Texas Guinan about to step into paddy wagon

John the Barber's Subway Shop Bombed
Plice are investigating the bombin late Saturday, March 24th, of John the Barber's Basement Shop, near the uptown entrance of the I.R.T

Policemen Destroying Whiskey Stills
(Original Caption) Lt. Daniel Lynch, Lt. Sid Sullivan, and Sgt. Wm. Shakst in a "booze raid."

Policeman On Armored Motorcycle
(Original Caption) 5/22/28-Chicago, Illinois: Police officer E. McNall on armored motorcyle

Police Outside Stock Exchange in 1929
Wall Street crash, 1929

Central Park Casino

Physician Inoculating People for Smallpox
(Original Caption) Middleboro, Mass.: Smallpox. Rush For Small Pox Inoculation. Dr. W. F. Frever, inoculating some of the townspeople in this town hall as smallpox preventative

German Police Checking Communist Near Protest Scene
(Original Caption) The three day riots that followed the customary demonstration by Communists in Berlin, on May Day, took a toll of thirty lives

Gangster Al Capone Escorted to Jail
Mafia leader Al Capone and his bodyguard Frank Cline hide their faces as they are escorted by police detectives Creedon

Arabs Questioned by British Police in Palestine
(Original Caption) 9/23/29-Palestine: A group of Arabs being questioned at police headquarters in Palestine, following their arrest for looting and violence

Gangster Al Capone Leaving Court House
Chicago gang leader Al Capone, (in doorway) leaving municipal court following Judge Walsh's dismissal of his petition for a parole

People Gathering in Front of the New York Stock Exchange
(Original Caption) New York, New York: Wall Street financial stability of the U.S. was toppling for a few minutes on Oct

Bombing at the Home of Joseph Falzone
Mary Falzone, 15, Philip Falzone, 13, and Rose Falzone, 11 were killed in the bombing of the Joseph Falzone home

India Policemen with Disorderly Salt Riot Crowd
(Original Caption) Calcutta, India: Salt Riots. Native Indians Arrest Rioting Countrymen. Native police busily at work combatting the riots which broke out when nationalists reified the salt laws

Nite Club Bombed in New York
A homemade bomb placed on window sill of the Simplon Club in New York City, rocked Midtown Manhattan on July 12th

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