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Title
Chief Matsell's shield
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Police -- 1899 & Earlier

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1885
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Pol-18
Topics
New York (N.Y.). Police Department -- To 1899
Police -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Police chiefs -- New York (State) -- New York -- To 1899
Badges -- To 1899
Matsell, George W. (George Washington), 1811-1877
Genres
Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on image: "Chief of Police." Includes additional text. Written on border: "1855"
Source note: Our police protectors : history of the New York police from the earliest period to the present time. (New York : A. Costello, 1885) Costello, Augustine E., Author.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 12 cm. (6 x 4 3/4 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17539468
Barcode: 33333159171756
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 606c9220-c55f-012f-789d-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1885: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Chief Matsell's shield" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1885. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-271a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "Chief Matsell's shield" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-271a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1885). Chief Matsell's shield Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-271a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Chief Matsell's shield