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August Vollmer portrait collection [graphic].
BANC PIC 1957.018--PICLOCAL
Collection Overview

Title:

August Vollmer portrait collection

Creator/Contributor:

Vollmer, August, 1876-1955, creator

Abstract:

Includes snapshots and many group portraits of police, and police-related scenes, especially in Berkeley and in China, India, and Japan. Also present are inscribed studio portraits of friends and colleagues and many snapshots that may be family members or groups of colleagues on excursions.

Date:

ca. 1910-ca. 1950 (issued)

Subject:

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Vollmer, August -- 1876-1955 -- Pictorial works
Police -- California -- Berkeley -- Photographs
Police -- China -- Photographs
Police -- India -- Photographs
Police -- Japan -- Photographs

Note:

After a career in the Berkeley, Calif., Police Dept., August Vollmer served as professor of police administration at the University of California, Berkeley.

Type:

graphic

Physical Description:

graphic
photoprint
ca. 150 items (photographic prints and 1 pen & pencil cartoon) : chiefly b&w ; various sizes.

Language:

English

Identifier:

BANC PIC 1957.018--PICLOCAL

Origin:

Various places

Related Item:

August Vollmer papers : Vollmer, August, : 1876-1955