Collection Summary
Information for Researchers
Scope and Content
Collection Summary
Collection Title: San Francisco Police Photograph Album [graphic],
Date (inclusive): ca. 1904-ca. 1930
Collection Number: BANC PIC 1999.015--fALB
Creator:
Blum, George W.
Extent:
1 album (ca. 270 photographic prints and newsclippings) and 1 box (ca. 35 items, chiefly newsclippings and photographic prints)
Repository: The
Bancroft Library
Berkeley, California 94720-6000
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Abstract: Apparently the personal album of photographer George W. Blum, this scrapbook documents numerous San Francisco murder cases.
Includes photographs of victims in the morgue and at crime scenes, mug shots of suspects, newsclippings, and occasional street
views. The most prominent cases included are the Preparedness Day Parade bombing of 1916 (with Thomas Mooney et al.), and
the Virginia Rappe murder case (with morgue photos and a mug shot of Fatty Arbuckle taken by Blum.)
Languages Represented:
English
Information for Researchers
Access
RESTRICTED ALBUM. Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed,
in writing, to the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts
must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft
Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which
must also be obtained by the reader.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], San Francisco Police photograph album [graphic], BANC PIC 1999.015--fALB, The Bancroft Library,
University of California, Berkeley.
Scope and Content
Apparently the personal album of photographer George W. Blum, this scrapbook documents numerous San Francisco murder cases.
Includes forensic photographs of victims in the morgue and at crime scenes, mug shots of suspects, newsclippings, and occasional
street views. The most prominent cases included are the Preparedness Day Parade bombing of 1916 (with Thomas Mooney et al.),
and the Virginia Rappe murder case (with morgue photos and a mug shot of Fatty Arbuckle taken by Blum.)