Badge, Law Enforcement
Object number2014.24.1
MediumMetal; enamel
Credit LineGift of Harvey and Nikkiha Wright Adams.
DescriptionGold and blue shield-shaped police badge.Dimensions3.5 x 2.375 in. (8.9 x 6 cm)Inscriptions"CHIEF / WILKINSBURG / [multicolored enameled seal of Pennsylvania) / POLICE / PA."
MarksMaker's mark is blurry. Could be "Black..."?
Historical NotesItems belonging to Harvey Adams a former Pittsburgh Police officer and chief of the Housing Authority of Pittsburgh who became president of the Pittsburgh NAACP. He served the Pittsburgh Police from 1955 to 1975 and founded the Guardians as an African American police officer group to oversee equal rights in the police department. He served the Housing Department from 1982 to 1994; and the NAACP from 1976 to 1992.
Previous owner
Harvey W. Adams Jr.
(1929 - 2009)
Related institution
Pittsburgh Bureau of Police
Subjects
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V.H. Blackinton and Company, Inc.
V.H. Blackinton and Company, Inc.
