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Pair of handmade hatpins, ca. 1900
These hatpins were made from the buttons off of a Seattle Police Department uniform. The Seattle Police Department was formed in 1869 with the first town marshall, John T. Jordan, elected in 1870.
ID Number:1961.2228.10
Date:Circa 1900
Colt revolver, ca. 1870
This is a five shot cap and ball percussion revolver once owned by John Cornelius Holgate, an early white settler in the Pacific Northwest. This model is called the Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver and these models were made from 1861-1873.
ID Number:1962.2529.1
Date:Circa 1870
Rifle, 44-caliber, used by first Seattle Chief of Police, William Surber, ca. 1880
William Surber was the Seattle Town Marshall in 1861 and became the first of this city's chief of police in 1866.
ID Number:1964.3483.72
Date:Circa 1880
Hat check tag from Doc Hamilton’s resataurant, ca. 1926-1932
John Henry "Doc" Hamilton (1891-1942) moved from Mississippi to Seattle around 1914 at the age of 23. He served in WWI in the 92nd infantry division in France and returned to Seattle after the war ended. When the Prohibition Act took effect in 1920, Hamilton opened his first speakeasy in his home on E. Union Street. Seattle police shut it…
ID Number:1968.4523.2
Date:Circa 1926-1932
Emergency Police badge, ca. 1919
This pin is thought to have been used during the General Strike of 1919 as an Emergency Police badge. Seattle's Police Chief deputized thousands of citizens to deal with unrest.
ID Number:1969.4641.1
Date:1919
Police blackjack, ca. 1900
This blackjack belonged to John H. Reitz who arrived in Seattle in 1904 after fighting in the Spanish American War in the Philippines. He worked for the Seattle Parks Department and was the superintendent at Woodland Park from 1919 to 1944.
ID Number:1969.4650.2
Date:Circa 1900
Seattle Police Department handcuffs belonging to John Reitz, ca. 1900
These handcuffs belonged to John Reitz, who settled in Seattle in 1904 after completing his military service in the Philippines during the Spanish American War. He worked for the Seattle Parks Department and was superintendent of Woodland Park from 1919-1944.
ID Number:1969.4650.6a
Date:Circa 1900
Bamboo opium pipe confiscated in police raid in Seattle's Chinatown, ca. 1900
This opium pipe was said to have been seized in a raid in Seattle's Chinatown around 1900. The area was a favorite for police raids of the time amidst anti-Chinese and anti-immigrant sentiment. The police chief who picked it up, Charles "Wappy" Wappenstein, was eventually convicted of bribery and extortion for accepting payoffs from organized crime.
ID Number:1969.5072.74
Date:Circa 1900
King County Sheriff badge worn by Harlan S. Callahan,1943-1955
Harlan S. Callahan was a King County Sheriff from 1943 to 1955. Previously he was King County Coroner from 1940-1942 and a Deputy Sheriff from 1930-1935.
ID Number:1972.5547.4b
Date:1943-1955
Dietz brand police lantern flashlight, ca. 1900
This police flashlight belonged to Thor Ulstrop (1861-1941) who was born in Norway and came to Seattle in 1889. He worked as a deckhand on a steamer on Puget Sound, and also as a bricklayer, helping to build the White Henry Stuart building in 1913.
ID Number:1973.5679.2
Date:Circa 1900