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Portrait of a Police Officer, 1860-1890
Leslie's Photographic Gallery1860/1890
The Henry Ford
Dearborn, MI, United States
Growing American urban centers spurred the creation of modern police departments in the mid-1800s. This carte-de-visite shows an unnamed police officer. The badge on his jacket and hat helped citizen identify him as a police officer. By the end of the century, he would have worn a military-type uniform as an additional way of identification.
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- Title: Portrait of a Police Officer, 1860-1890
- Creator: Leslie's Photographic Gallery
- Date Created: 1860/1890
- Location: United States, New York, New York
- Subject Keywords: Uniforms, Badges, Police, Cartes-de-visite (Card photographs), Card photographs (Photographs), Photographs, Studio portraits
- Type: Photographs
- Contributor: The Henry Ford
- Original Source: Digital Collections
- Object Name: Carte-de-visite (Card photograph)
- Object ID: 2013.0.1.52
- Image ID: THF226498
- Credit: From the Collections of The Henry Ford
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