Marietta [Ohio] Police Force 1899
Made for Marietta policeman John Willford, Sr. It's end unscrews to reveal a glass tube sealed with a cork. [Exhibited at the Campus Martius Museum, Marietta, Washington Co., Ohio]
History is constantly in the making; the task of the chronicler, confronted with the ever increasing bulk of material, becomes one of abbreviation and elimination. How few names, how few periods, how few events, go to make up what the world ultimately sees fit to keep at the finger-tips of memory. (MI Pioneer and Historical Collections, 1907). An effort to catch bits & pieces of history slipping from the "finger-tips of memory."
2 comments:
Great picture, and I would never have guessed there would be a sealed glass tube inside a nightstick. Guess those cold nights walking a beat require a bit of sustenance.
My husband is a retired cop and admired the creativity.
Cathy
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