Badge, Law Enforcement
Object number2009.76.1
MediumBrass; enamel
Credit LineGift of Ruth O. Frank
DescriptionBrass Pittsburgh Police badge.Dimensions1.75 x 2.125 in. (4.4 x 5.4 cm)InscriptionsPrinted in gold against black enamel background banner: "PITTSBURGH"; engraved below: "WILLIAM K. FRANK" ; printed again: "BUREAU / OF / POLICE".
Engraved on back, "COURTESY OF / SUPT. FRANKLIN T. McQUAIDE".
Historical NotesHonorary Pittsburgh Police badge given to William K. Frank. William K. Frank was born in 1890 and educated at Shady Side Academy. He attended Cornell University, receiving his mechanical engineering degree in 1911. He worked for Damascus Bronze Company and its successor the National Bearing Division of the American Brake Shoe Company until 1927. He then moved into executive positions at Copperweld Steel Company until retiring in 1951. During WWII, he served the War Production Board in several capacities; his service, as a "dollar-a-year-man," took him to Europe to study ways to bring war-torn industries back into production. Frank was also heavily involved with the Jewish and wider community of Pittsburgh. After WWII, he retired to New York where he died in 1964.
Previous owner
William K. Frank
Related person
Franklin T. McQuaide
Related institution
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
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1960-1992
1984-1989
V.H. Blackinton and Company, Inc.
V.H. Blackinton and Company, Inc.
