These images were part of a collection of photos purchased by the D.C. Police Memorial and Museum Project and are part of the larger collection of photos and artifacts that will make up the Metropolitan Police Museum
Some pictures from the Metropolitan Police Museum Collection. This is from a batch labeled November, 1969 but are of an as yet unknown demonstration. One photo references the Justice Department. Please note the “DC-US Route 240” sign in the background....
OFFICER UEL M. (GALES) GAILE WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED JULY 19, 1933, PAGE 1 TRIO WOUNDED IN GUN BATTLE; ALL MAY DIE. NINTH STREET POOL PARLOR “SHOT UP;” POLICEMAN ENDS FUSILLADE. Three downtown Ninth street habitues, one of them an innocent bystander, were...
Following the April 4,1968, assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Washington,D.C.and a number of other American cities erupted in violent riots and looting. It has been estimated that nearly one thousand fires were deliberately set during the following days of...
OFFICER DANIEL SHEHAN WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE DATED OCTOBER 16, 1899, PAGE 4 BACK AFTER TWELVE YEARS. THE “GHOST ROBBER” RETURNS FROM A LONG INVOLUNTARY VISIT. DARING WASHINGTON CRIMINAL PAYS HIS RESPECTS TO POLICE WHO ARRESTED HIM—NOTED FOR TERRORIZING METHODS AND...
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