Policeman Collection (#3)

London - arrest of a suffragette, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
London - arrest of a suffragette, between c1910 and c1915.

Chicago police at convention, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Chicago police at convention, 1912. 1912 Republican National Convention held at the Chicago Coliseum, Chicago, Illinois, June 18-22.

Run on East Side Bank, N.Y. 2/16/12, 1912. Creator: Bain News Service
Run on East Side Bank, N.Y. 2/16/12, 1912.

Police Chaplains - Blum - Stires - Genns. N.Y., between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Police Chaplains - Blum - Stires - Genns. N.Y., between c1910 and c1915. Shows police chaplains including Rabbi Abraham Blum, New York City's first Jewish police chaplain and Ernest M. Stires.

Dominick Riley, between c1910 and c1915. Creator: Bain News Service
Dominick Riley, between c1910 and c1915.

Inspection of foreign cattle at the Metropolitan Cattle Market, 1865. Creator: Unknown
Inspection of foreign cattle at the Metropolitan Cattle Market, [Copenhagen-fields, London], 1865. 'The importance of exercising a strict supervision over the sanitary state of these cattle...has

The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth...the nomination at Kennington Park, 1865. Creator: Unknown
The Elections in the Metropolitan Boroughs: Lambeth election: the nomination at Kennington Park, [London], 1865. View in front of the main entrance to Kennington Park

City of London Election: the nomination at Guildhall, 1865. Creator: Unknown
City of London Election: the nomination at Guildhall, 1865. '...the hustings was graced by the presence of Royalty: her Majesty the Queen of the Netherlands

Police guard of the British Legation at Pekin, 1864. Creator: Frederick John Skill
Police guard of the British Legation at Pekin, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by John and Charles Watkins, of '...the costume and appearance of a party of men

1916 Harley Davidson Wounded Soldiers Outings
JANUARY 01: Ride for wounded soldiers in Harley Davidson motorcycle sidecars during the Harley Davidson Wounded Soldiers Outings on January 01, 1916. (Photo by LAT Images)

No advertising allowed in the Parks (colour litho)
8656826 No advertising allowed in the Parks (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Sunlight soap)

K for kepi, 1908 (photo)
8713208 K for kepi, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris, 1908)

The words Image, Toy, Kepi and Lunette, 1908 (photo)
8713205 The words Image, Toy, Kepi and Lunette, 1908 (photo); 31, 5 x 25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: in "To learn to read by Henri Manuel, published by the Librairie Felix Juven, Paris)

An engraving depicting plain-clothed policemen making an arrest, 19th century
5311194 An engraving depicting plain-clothed policemen making an arrest, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1889); Universal History Archive/UIG

An undercover policeman
5616114 An undercover policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a plain-clothed policeman making an arrest. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1889); Universal History Archive/UIG

A policeman
5616111 A policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman settling a dispute between a young man and a shop owner. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1882); Universal History Archive/UIG

A London policeman
5616109 A London policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a London policeman pulling handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made. Dated 19th Century)

Illustration of a French man being arrested by a police officer in Paris 1850
UIG5634532 Illustration of a French man being arrested by a police officer in Paris 1850

A scene from Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 Days": Pasetout is drunk
7291200 A scene from Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in 80 Days": Pasetout is drunk, greyed up by a police officer in Hong Kong; Private Collection; (add.info)

What's fourteen days (colour litho)
8635620 What's fourteen days (colour litho) by Howard, Charles Thomas (1865-1942); Private Collection; (add.info.: What's fourteen days. Postcard, early 20th century.); © Look and Learn

Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit (colour litho)
8635604 Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Policeman and a boy arguing over a three-penny bit)

London policeman on traffic duty (b/w photo)
8635316 London policeman on traffic duty (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: London policeman on traffic duty)

The law and the profits (litho)
8663494 The law and the profits (litho) by Poy (Percy Hutton Fearon) (1874-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Law and the Profits)

Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo)
8626471 Dole queue, 1923 (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Dole queue: unemployed men waiting outside an Employment Exchange to collect their)

The inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving)
3733707 The inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting the inauguration of a statue of Sir Robert Peel)

A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850
3480189 A London street scene with revellers returning home as the labouring classes start on their day's work, 1850; (add.info)

Bertillonage, 1850
3478420 Bertillonage, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting bertillonage which was originally, a system for the identification of criminals making use of anthropometric measurements including head)

Off-duty police officer arrives home, 1850
3478830 Off-duty police officer arrives home, 1850; (add.info.: 19th century, English, off-duty police officer arrives home to be with his wife and baby in time for tea)

Robert Peel (1788-1850), Prime Minister, taking his final curtain call. His Repeal of Corn Laws passed on 25 June but
527838 Robert Peel (1788-1850), Prime Minister, taking his final curtain call. His Repeal of Corn Laws passed on 25 June but same night was defeated on his Irish bill. Resigned 29 June

Illicitly Smoking, 1912
1574625 Illicitly Smoking, 1912; (add.info.: Small schoolboy, feeling ill after trying to smoke a cigar, saved by an amiable policeman who finishes the task for him)

Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving)
3733705 Sir Robert Peel, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Sir Robert Peel (1788-1850) a British statesman, former Prime Minister

John Townsend
5616174 John Townsend; (add.info.: Portrait of John Townsend, a policeman on the Metropolitan police force. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1843); Universal History Archive/UIG

A policeman and a burglar
5616122 A policeman and a burglar; (add.info.: Cartoon depicting a policeman intercepting an armed burglar. Dated 19th Century. 01/01/1883); Universal History Archive/UIG

A New York policeman
5616115 A New York policeman; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a New York policeman pulling handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made. Dated 19th Century)

A policeman stopping a burglary
5616277 A policeman stopping a burglary; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman stopping a burglary by pointing his revolver at his suspect. Dated 19th Century)

The Act of Parliament passed in 1896 which enabled motor cars to be used on British roads contained an irksome proviso
5614389 The Act of Parliament passed in 1896 which enabled motor cars to be used on British roads contained an irksome proviso which stipulated that each vehicle had to be preceded by a person

An engraving depicting a New York policeman pulling his handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made, 19th century
5311193 An engraving depicting a New York policeman pulling his handcuffs from his pocket as an arrest is made, 19th century; (add.info.: Date: 1888); Universal History Archive/UIG

A policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child, 1850
3478732 A policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting a policeman and passers-by trying to help a lost child by Fred Barnard)

Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850
3480200 Arkwright's water frame spinning machine, 1850; (add.info.: Illustration depicting Arkwright's water frame spinning machine; on display at the Patents Museum; South Kensington;)

Officers and men of The Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century, the armed police force of the United Kingdom in
3062120 Officers and men of The Royal Irish Constabulary in the 19th century, the armed police force of the United Kingdom in Ireland until 1922.; Private Collection; (add.info)

British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to
534074 British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst arrested and carried away by a policeman for leading suffragettes attempt to present a petition to King George V at Buckingham Palace

London street scenes
863262 London street scenes; (add.info.: London street scenes. Postman delivering letters: Fireman fighting a fire: Railway Porter with trolley of luggage: Policeman on crowd duty)

Louis Jouin, 1912 (photo)
2037282 Louis Jouin, 1912 (photo); (add.info.: Crimegangs: The Parisien Chief of security Jouin, who was killed by the thief Bonnot France 1912); Spaarnestad Photo

She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that? Her eye discourses (colour litho)
8677207 She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that? Her eye discourses (colour litho) by May, Phil (1864-1903); Private Collection; (add.info.: She speaks yet she says nothing, what of that)

Boy playing a prank on a policeman (b/w photo)
8635315 Boy playing a prank on a policeman (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Boy playing a prank on a policeman)

Policeman struck by a snowball (colour litho)
8635192 Policeman struck by a snowball (colour litho) by Hassall, John (1868-1948) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Policeman struck by a snowball)

Arrest of British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst while protesting outside Buckingham Palace, 1914 (b/w photo)
8626515 Arrest of British suffragette Emmeline Pankhurst while protesting outside Buckingham Palace, 1914 (b/w photo) by English Photographer

Albert N Bates (b/w photo)
8652155 Albert N Bates (b/w photo) by American Photographer, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Albert N Bates)

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"Policeman: Guardians of Order and Justice Through Time" From the iconic 10 Downing Street to the suffragette suffragists on the warpath, policemen have played a vital role in maintaining peace and security. They stood tall during historical events like The Jarrow March, where marchers embarked on their journey for justice in 1936. Even Winston Churchill himself witnessed their bravery at the Sidney Street Siege in East London. These courageous officers faced burning crosses during annual bonfire night parades held in Lewes, East Sussex, reminding us of their unwavering commitment. Cartoons featuring figures like William Marcy Boss Tweed, James Ingersoll, and George Miller showcased both humorous and serious sides of policing. Meanwhile, Hong Kong street scenes from the 1890s captured their presence amidst bustling city life. In films such as "The Wicker Man" (1973), Ed Woodward portrayed a policeman entangled in a mysterious web of intrigue. And who could forget Aston Villa's European Cup match against Besiktas at Villa Park on September 15th, 1982? Policemen ensured safety amid passionate football rivalries. These dedicated individuals are not limited to one service; they are part of multi-service emergency vehicles that rush to our aid when disaster strikes. Kay Snap's beloved character Mr Bobby the Policeman has warmed hearts with his kindness and dedication to serving communities. Finally, Victor Hugo immortalized them through Javert's character in "Les Miserables, " depicting detectives upholding law and order even amidst personal struggles. Through history and fiction alike, policemen have been pillars of society—protectors who embody courage while ensuring our safety day after day.