Police departments in metropolitan areas often utilize officers to patrol assigned beats throughout the community. At the time the photograph pictured here was taken, the Seattle Police Department had two shifts of patrols, the First Patrol and the Second Patrol.
None of the officers of the Second Patrol are identified in this image, however the man wearing the fedora and seated in the second row, fifth from the right, is likely Captain Elza L. Hedges (1872-1932). The photograph was probably taken outside the Police Headquarters Building at Yesler Way and Fourth Avenue.
Handwritten on image: Second Patrol Seattle Police Dept., Capt. E.L. Hedges, Nov. 11 - 1919. Embossed on print: Frank H. Nowell, 1212 Fourth Ave., Seattle U. S. A.
Physical Description: 1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 10 in.
Additional Information: Digital copy of this item available thanks to funding from a 2016 Institute for Museum and Library Services grant. Metadata updated as part of a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services administered by the Library Services and Technology Act, through the Washington State Library, a division of the Office of the Secretary of State.
Credit: MOHAI, Collection on Seattle Policeman William J. Richmire, 2015.62.3
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