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- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned mounted photographic print bearing a head-and-shoulders portrait of Detective William James Appling. His uniform includes a buttoned coat, badge, and a cap decorated with the number "3" surrounded by a laurel motif. He has a short goatee. Image is mounted on beige cardstock and includes a loose oval-shaped off-white paper frame with gold trim. "9/13/66 Thursa Walker, 4860 Delba Dr. Dayton, Ohio, 349-7199" handwritten on verso in pencil "William James Appling (Det.) in police uniform of early 1870s grandfather of donor, Mrs. Edgar Stevens, 625 Merchant Ave. Ypsilanti 48197, Xed 4-10-68" handwritten on verso in ink.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Black and white photographic print of a police officer walking alongside a woman pushing a baby carriage in Campus Martius. The Detroit Opera House, Merrill Fountain, and the Wonderland vaudeville theater--advertising "Continuous Vaudeville"--are in the background. The photo appears to have been reproduced from one with an irregularly cropped top border, and lower left corner. "1898-1910" handwritten on verso, although the presence of the Merrill Fountain, installed in 1901, tightens this range.
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Glossy 10" x 8" black and white photographic print of a group of 21 police officers, a young boy, and a baby posing in front of the First Precinct. The officers wear long jackets, and high, helmets with circular brims, with the exception of a man in the center wearing a kepi. The first row sits on the ground. The middle row are seated in chairs, and the back row stands. "First Precinct 1886" handwritten on verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1886-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. Sepia-toned photographic print depicting police officer John Staples posing in uniform. A brick house with an awning is visible in the background. Photo is a grey card with a textured border. Verso is addressed, "Happy New Year, To Pearl, from your old friend John. 1912." "Staples" has been appended in pencil after "John."
- Date Issued:
- 1912-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Photograph. Sepia-toned photo showing 24 policemen who are seated or standing along the exterior wall of a brick and wood-frame building. All of the men are wearing uniforms except for one who is wearing a dark suit and overcoat and is seated near the center of the photo. Printed text above the photo shows "Delray Police Station, April 1st 1906." Names of the policemen are printed beneath the photo as follows (left to right, back row): "E. Watson, signal officer; E. F. Hasting, patrolman; F. Weibel, patrolman; A. A. Coats, patrolman; A. Schoenrath, patrolman; P. O'Grady, patrolman; D. Gordon, patrolman; R. Weir, patrolman; E. Hays, signal officer." (left to right, middle row): "W. Farris, doorman; Wm. A. Gerold, patrolman; W. C. Degner, patrolman; F. Reskey, patrolman; F. Tesky, patrolman; L. H. Sterling, patrolman; D. Thomas, driver; H. Purcell, mounted patrolman." (left to right, front row): "J. Matteson, sergeant; L. C. Vermette, lieutenant; J. J. Downey, superintendent; P. W. Smith, commissioner; F. A. Newberry, captain; J. W. Wozniak, sergeant; T. Regan, sergeant."
- Date Issued:
- 1906-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Illustrated catalog from the Henderson-Ames Company of Kalamazoo, Michigan, "manufacturers of uniforms and equipments for fire and police departments." An order form is contained within.
- Date Issued:
- 1894-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Print. A mounted, sepia-toned photographic print depicting twelve men posing on the steps and porch of the Fifth Precinct Police Station on McClellan Avenue. Names for several men have been written on the photo or in its margins. On the steps are eight uniformed police officers, wearing long coats, tall helmets with circular brims, and truncheons. Among this group are Oehmke, Van Der Van, and Elliott. On the porch at the left are two men. The first, Cotter, wears a boater hat, suit and tie. To his right is Hogan, clad in a police jacket with notched lapels and stripes around the cuffs, and a broad-brimmed hat. On the right side of the porch are two men as well. The first, J.P. Smith wears a light pin-striped suit and hat. An unidentified man on the right wears a police jacket with notched lapels, but no stripes, with a broad-brimmed had. The photo is mounted to a green matting with a textured border. "1910" is handwritten on the verso.
- Date Issued:
- 1910-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Muskegon Police Department officer Jacob Baker on an Indian Motorcycle Twin motorcycle, circa 1911-1915.
- Date Created:
- 1915-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Lakeshore Museum Center
- Collection:
- Lawrence Carlson Collection
- Description:
- Photograph (and 1 copy). Sepia-toned photo showing 34 Detroit Police lieutenants standing on the steps in front of the entrance to the old Police Headquarters building which was located at the corner of Bates and Farmer Streets. The street name signs are visible on the sides of the building in the upper right and upper left areas of the photo. Handwritten text on the verso shows "Old Police Headquarters, 1920" and "Top row, Left to right: Lieutenants Fisher, Denny O'Connor, Shanahan, Teichbein, Foust, Berg. 2nd Row down: Lieutenants Edwards, Knight, Fienan, Maloney, Reifsthall, Van Netter. 3rd Row down: Lieutenants Ryff, Baxter, Sosinki, McGuigan, Fitzpatrick, McRobbie. 4th Row down: Lieutenants Sterenton, Bates, Baker, Dingiman, Doyle, Schuknecht, Henderson. Front Row: Lieutenants Blisser, Smith, Schink, Cris, Johnson, Torbett, Schachschneider, Miller, Patterson." An additional inscription notes "To Insp't. Chas. Rhodes, Compliments of Insp't. J. N. Bates."
- Date Issued:
- 1920-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
- Description:
- Sepia-toned panoramic group portrait photo of the Detroit Police Department's Training School Class of January 1921. Seventy-six men pose in two rows, the front group on their knees, before the side of a large stone police station. Most men wear jackets and ties, aside from the uniformed police officer, presumably an instructor, in the back center. An inserted portrait of another uniformed officer is above the center of the image. Two addition men pose in the window of the building behind them. The caption below reads, "Detroit Police Department's Training School Class of Jan. 1921, Inspt. Fred Raymond in charge. Lt. Frost and Stg. Snowdon Instructors."
- Date Issued:
- 1921-01-01T00:00:00Z
- Data Provider:
- Detroit Historical Society
