Police departments in metropolitan areas often utilize officers to patrol assigned beats throughout the community. At the time this photograph was taken, the Seattle Police Department had at least three shifts of patrols.
This photo shows the uniformed officers of SPD's First and Third Patrol, posing together on the street near C. L. Hazzard's Grocery store at 524 Ninth Avenue, in Seattle's First Hill neighborhood.
Handwritten on print: First and Third Patrol - April...1912 Handwritten on verso: On street near C.L. Hazzard's grocery store at 524 9th Avenue.
ID Number: SHS5235
Date: 1912
Physical Description: 1 photographic print mounted on cardboard: b&w ; 47 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.
