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Postcard

Tall-tale Postcard: Out for Air

Date: 1923
Description: Two police officers holding rifles escort two prisoners into a paddywagon. Lining the road is a long, perspective view of an outdoor prison. Red text impri...
Print

Office Scene Still from "Zudora"

Date: 1914
Description: John Storm (played by Harry Benham) is in a heated discussion with a police chief or some other authority (played by Morgan Jones) in a scene still from th...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Shooting of Lee Harvey Oswald

Date: 11 24 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "Dallas: This is the complete negative of the dramatic scene captured by Times Herald Staff Photographe...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Murder Weapon

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A Dallas Policeman holds the murder weapon used to assassinate President John F. Kennedy high over his...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Heavy Guard

Date: 11 23 1963
Description: Original UPI Wirephoto transmission. Caption reads: "A heavy guard stands in front of door guarding Lee Harvey Oswald, who has been charged in the assassin...
Poster

"Räuber und Gendarm" (Cops and Robbers) Film Poster

Date: 1957
Description: German film poster for the Italian film, "Guardie e ladri." Illustrated image of a cop wearing a uniform running while holding a gun. Around the corner is ...
Photograph

Subversion of the Right to Vote

Date: 08 1963
Description: African-Americans approach the courthouse in order to vote. The original caption reads: "Negro citizens attempt to cast ballots in Greenwood, August 1963. ...

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