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Winston-Salem Police Department in front of City Hall, 1936.

Winston-Salem Police Department in front of City Hall, 1936.

Winston-Salem Police Department in front of City Hall, 1936.

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  1. This is just my opinion, but I believe this picture dates earlier than 1936. My grandfather was W.R. Burke who was with WSPD from 1924-1964. I have this picture along with others that belonged to my grandfather. I’m reasonable sure W.R.Burke is on the back row, 6th from left. He looks considerably younger here than in another 1936 picture in your archives of the WSPD Detective Divison “Spider Gang” He is on back row far right of that picture. My thoughts are this picture dates around 1928-1929. To me it looks like Chief J.A.Thomas on front row to left of 3 men in plain cloths. Chief Thomas was chief from 1913-1929. I’m interested in your thoughts.

    1 | GREGORY BURKE Wednesday, August 22, 2018 2:27 pm

  2. Do you have any information about this photo? My Grandfather is in this picture. I am not sure of the year or anything, except for him.
    Thank you very much! Benjamin Theodore Phelps – Photo of Him in group of he Winston-Salem Police Department (WSPD), North Carolina
    (He is in 2nd Row from the top on the far right end.)
    [Can’t seem to copy the picture. :-( Sorry!]

    2 | Sylvia P Lackey Thursday, January 30, 2020 11:16 am

  3. My great grandfather James Robert Crutchfield Jr was a detective in the spider gang unit

    3 | CINDY A POOLAW Saturday, February 26, 2022 2:16 pm

  4. I recently located this photo in the Twin City Sentinel, November 17, 1928. The newspaper article includes a list of the men in the photo, listed by rank rather than location in the photo. The three men in the center of the first row are: Mayor Thomas Barber, D. C. Butner, and P. S. Bailey. (Not in order). Butner and Bailey are members of the police committee of the Board of Aldermen.

    4 | Molly G. Rawls, Photograph Collection Librarian Tuesday, May 3, 2022 2:27 pm

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Winston-Salem Police Department in front of City Hall, 1936.
creator
Unknown
description
Winston-Salem Police Department in front of City Hall, 1936.
created
00/00/1936
publisher
Forsyth County Public Library
rights
The materials in this collection are made available for use in research, teaching and private study. Images and text may not be used for any commercial purposes without prior permission from the Forsyth County Public Library. When use is made of these images and texts, it is the responsibility of the user to obtain additional permission as necessary and to observe the stated access policy, the laws of copyright and the educational fair use guidelines. All FCPL photographs must be credited as follows: Courtesy of the Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection.
rightsHolder
Forsyth County
hasFormat
Photoprint
hasVersion
FJ.15160
isPartOf
Digital Forsyth FCPL Buildings-B
subject
Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Pictorial works, Forsyth County (N.C.) -- History -- Sources, Digital Forsyth, Winston-Salem (N.C.)
identifier
https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uzz/bdb/uzz_bdb_01172.jpg, https://www.digitalforsyth.org/jpg/uzz/bdb/uzz_bdb_01172-th.jpg, https://hdl.handle.net/10339/20249
issued
1936
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