Policeman in the 19th century
Description
"Law enforcement officers are never 'off duty.' They are dedicated public servants who are sworn to protect public safety at any time and place that the peace is threatened - Barbara Boxer
In the nineteenth-century United States, police forces were…oriented more toward service than toward crime control.…Policemen aided children hurt in accidents involving wagons, trains, and public transportation….In large and impersonal late-nineteenth-century cities, families could easily lose track of young children….Every year, urban police departments recovered and returned home hundreds of children, generally under age ten."
In the nineteenth-century United States, police forces were…oriented more toward service than toward crime control.…Policemen aided children hurt in accidents involving wagons, trains, and public transportation….In large and impersonal late-nineteenth-century cities, families could easily lose track of young children….Every year, urban police departments recovered and returned home hundreds of children, generally under age ten."
Creator
First photo - Time
Second - Unknown
Second - Unknown
Date
First photo - 1903
Second photo - unknown
Second photo - unknown
Source
https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/police.jpeg?w=800&quality=85
Rights
"Source: Police, Children and the – FREE Police, Children and the information | Encyclopedia.com: Find Police, Children and the research. (n.d.). Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved October 5, 2012, from http://bit.ly/VFGNBE
Publisher
Library of Congress
Contributor
Library of Congress
Language
English
Type
Artwork
Identifier
Police, Law Enforcement, Children, Public Service, Accidents
Coverage
United States
Files
Collection
Reference
First photo - Time
Second - Unknown, Policeman in the 19th century, Library of Congress, First photo - 1903
Second photo - unknown
Cite As
First photo - Time
Second - Unknown, “Policeman in the 19th century,” Virtual Museum of Public Service, accessed February 19, 2025, https://vmps.omeka.net/items/show/542.