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- Ford Security Men, May 22, 1940 -
- May 22, 1940
- Collections - Artifact
Ford Security Men, May 22, 1940
- Service Award for Security Guards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 - World's fairs and expositions in many ways are small cities. Buildings and property need to be protected from fire and vandalism and visitors need to feel secure. Fair planners hire police, firemen and security personnel to make the fairgrounds safe for everyone. This badge was awarded to Exposition Guards "For Service" at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Service Award for Security Guards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
World's fairs and expositions in many ways are small cities. Buildings and property need to be protected from fire and vandalism and visitors need to feel secure. Fair planners hire police, firemen and security personnel to make the fairgrounds safe for everyone. This badge was awarded to Exposition Guards "For Service" at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- Service Award for Security Guards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915 - World's fairs and expositions in many ways are small cities. Buildings and property need to be protected from fire and vandalism and visitors need to feel secure. Fair planners hire police, firemen and security personnel to make the fairgrounds safe for everyone. This badge was awarded to Exposition Guards "For Service" at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- 1915
- Collections - Artifact
Service Award for Security Guards, Panama-Pacific International Exposition, 1915
World's fairs and expositions in many ways are small cities. Buildings and property need to be protected from fire and vandalism and visitors need to feel secure. Fair planners hire police, firemen and security personnel to make the fairgrounds safe for everyone. This badge was awarded to Exposition Guards "For Service" at the 1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco.
- U.S. Marines Guard Air Mail Delivery, Los Angeles, California, 1926 - Regular air mail service in the United States started in 1918. Initial air mail stamps cost 24 cents -- eight times more than ground service. But those fees helped subsidize the development of America's airways. After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926.
- 1926
- Collections - Artifact
U.S. Marines Guard Air Mail Delivery, Los Angeles, California, 1926
Regular air mail service in the United States started in 1918. Initial air mail stamps cost 24 cents -- eight times more than ground service. But those fees helped subsidize the development of America's airways. After operating air mail flights itself for eight years, the U.S. Post Office Department contracted with commercial air carriers in 1926.
- Guard at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, March 29, 1943 -
- March 29, 1943
- Collections - Artifact
Guard at the Ford Motor Company Rouge Plant, March 29, 1943
- German Shepherds King and Queen, Greenfield Village Security Dogs, with their Handlers, June 1977 - Dogs have served in many capacities at Greenfield Village over the years. German Shepherds, King and Queen, and their human handlers patrolled the grounds of Greenfield Village in the late 1970s. Security officers at the Village employed the Shepherds to improve safety -- the brother and sister pair were not attack dogs but alerted their handlers to the presence of intruders.
- June 16, 1977
- Collections - Artifact
German Shepherds King and Queen, Greenfield Village Security Dogs, with their Handlers, June 1977
Dogs have served in many capacities at Greenfield Village over the years. German Shepherds, King and Queen, and their human handlers patrolled the grounds of Greenfield Village in the late 1970s. Security officers at the Village employed the Shepherds to improve safety -- the brother and sister pair were not attack dogs but alerted their handlers to the presence of intruders.