C1940s-1960s LONGVIEW WASHINGTON POLICE FORCE PHOTOGRAPHS EPHEMERA ARCHIVE

ARCHIVE RELATING TO THE LONGVIEW WASHINGTON POLICE FORCE, c1950s. Loose collection of 10 8x10 photographs; 6 5x7 photographs, one 6x10 photograph plus several smaller; newspaper clippings, and police documents, dating from 1947 to early 1960s.

Many pages with multiple items. The material was likely collected by Creed Wilson; he joined the Longview Police Force in 1947 and served there 14 years. Around 1956 he was chief of police.

The photographs show him at crime scenes, in portrait and in group settings along with other officers and mentioned in the newspaper clippings relating to crime scenes and accidents he handled. The material includes criminal mug shots, copies of statements made by the criminals, a 1952 subpoena, complaint reports, a 1956 recommendation letter for Wilson signed by Skaggs, various licenses, membership cards and police ID cards for Wilson, and a sheet of police seals. Among the photographs, three group shots show the Longview police force, one dated 1947 and one dated 1953. A trial docket report for Howard N. Farris, who was arrested by Wilson for being drunk in public states, I went inside the tavern and found the defendant sitting at the bar with a glass of beer.

When he saw me he said'You aren't going to put me in jail are you? He then got off the stool and in so doing he staggered and I caught him. He then picked up his glass and finished his beer. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Photographic Images\Photographs". The seller is "timbuktubooks" and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.

Type: Black and white Photographs and Ephemera
Format: Black and White
Year of Production: 1950
Size: Multiple sizes
Theme: People
Image Color: Black & White
Featured Person/Artist: Creed Wilson
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Subject: Police Work