- Collection:
- Herbert T. Jenkins Photographs
- Title:
- Atlanta Police Department
- Publisher:
- Herbert Jenkins Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Date of Original:
- 1948
- Subject:
- Police--Georgia--Atlanta
Law enforcement officers--Georgia--Atlanta
Uniforms--1940-1950
African Americans--1940-1950
Law enforcement training--Georgia--Atlanta
Hooks, H. H.
Dickson, Claude
Lyons, E. H.
McKibbens, Robert
Strickland, Willard W.
Elkins, W. T.
Jones, Johnnie P.
Sanders, John
Atlanta Police Department (Atlanta, Ga.) - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- First Negro Patrolmen employed 2/25/48 and enrolled in Third Police Recruit Training School (March and April, 1948)
Group portrait of Atlanta's first African-American patrol officers, from left to right; (front), H. H. Hooks, Claude Dickson, E. H. Lyons, (back) Robert McKibbens, Willard W. Strickland, W. T. Elkins, Johnnie P. Jones, and John Sanders.
The Atlanta Police Department was formed in 1873 with 26 officers. Thomas Jones was elected the first Atlanta Chief of Police. - Local Identifier:
- VIS 43.07.01
ahc043007001a.jpg - Metadata URL:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/digital/collection/Jenkins/id/7
- IIIF manifest:
- https://album.atlantahistorycenter.com/iiif/2/Jenkins:7/manifest.json
- Additional Rights Information:
- This material is protected by copyright law. (Title 17, U.S. Code) Permission for use must be cleared through the Kenan Research Center at the Atlanta History Center. Licensing agreement may be required.
- Extent:
- 8 x 10 in. silver gelatin print
- Original Collection:
- Herbert Jenkins Photographs, Atlanta History Center
- Holding Institution:
- Atlanta History Center
- Rights:
-
