Police

Policemen ride on motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Caption in original scrapbook read, "Washington's Finest." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

A crowd gathers on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the White House, as a limousine prepares to drive through the gate. Two more police officers in the foreground work to clear the way for a police officer on a motorcycle. All are unidentified. From: Dr. George M. Gloss.

Photograph is part of a collected group of photos belonging to Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy (1949-1951). They are associated with the United States Philippine War Damage Commission. This view is identified as World War II damaged South Police Station in Manila prior to reconstruction under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946

Photograph is part of a collected group of photos belonging to Francis P. Matthews, Secretary of the Navy (1949-1951). They are associated with the United States Philippine War Damage Commission. This view is identified as post-World War II reconstruction of the South Police Station in Manila and done under the Philippine Rehabilitation Act of 1946.

Kansas City, Missouri. Ex-President Truman gets a helping hand from Sgt. Arthur Bell as he opens his portable typewriter shortly after arriving at his new office in the Federal Reserve Bank Building today. He announced no plans for the day as he arrived to go through some correspondence. Sgt. Bell, of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, has been assigned to escort the former chief executive. From: Houston Post.

The Commander of the Bangkok Police School giving an order to an officer with a trumpeter standing behind. This took place during the Melby Erskine Mission to Thailand.

General Graves B. Erskine is watching the firing exercise from the armored vehicle. The Director General of Police, John F. Melby, and members of the Melby-Erskine Mission are standing behind.

General Graves B. Erskine is standing on the armored vehicle observing the gun crew. John F. Melby is standing behind the vehicle. The Director General of Police is standing behind Mr. Melby during the Melby-Erskine Mission visit to Bangkok, Thailand.

The Director General of Police chatting with a member of the Melby-Erskine Mission during the firing exercise in Bangkok, Thailand. John F. Melby is second from left.

The Deputy Director General of Police observing the firing exercise of an armored vehicle during the Melby-Erskine Mission to Bangkok, Thailand.