San Francisco Police photograph album, circa 1904-circa 1930

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Title:: San Francisco Police photograph album
Dates:: circa 1904-circa 1930
Creators:: Blum, George W.
Abstract:: Apparently the personal album of photographer George W. Blum, this scrapbook documents numerous San Francisco murder cases. Includes photographs of victims in the morgue and at crime scenes, mug shots of suspects, newsclippings, and occasional street views. The most prominent cases included are the Preparedness Day Parade bombing of 1916 (with Thomas Mooney et al.), and the Virginia Rappe murder case (with morgue photos and a mug shot of Fatty Arbuckle taken by Blum.)
Extent:: 1 album (ca. 270 photographic prints and newsclippings) and 1 box (ca. 35 items, chiefly newsclippings and photographic prints) 10 digital objects (10 images)
Language:: Collection materials are in English
Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], San Francisco Police Photograph Album, BANC PIC 1999.015--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Scope and content:: Apparently the personal album of photographer George W. Blum, this scrapbook documents numerous San Francisco murder cases. Includes forensic photographs of victims in the morgue and at crime scenes, mug shots of suspects, newsclippings, and occasional street views. The most prominent cases included are the Preparedness Day Parade bombing of 1916 (with Thomas Mooney et al.), and the Virginia Rappe murder case (with morgue photos and a mug shot of Fatty Arbuckle taken by Blum.)
Physical location:: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Rules or conventions:: Finding Aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by The Bancroft Library staff
Date Prepared:: © 1999
Date Encoded:: Machine-readable finding aid generated by GenX; markup validated by The Bancroft Library using CDL validation tools; Date of source: January 2016

Access and use

Restrictions:: RESTRICTED ALBUM. Use only by permission of the appropriate curator. Inquiries regarding these materials should be directed, in writing, to the Curator of Pictorial Collections, The Bancroft Library.
Terms of access:: Copyright has not been assigned to The Bancroft Library. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Public Services. Permission for publication is given on behalf of The Bancroft Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the reader.

Preferred citation:: [Identification of item], San Francisco Police Photograph Album, BANC PIC 1999.015--fALB, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley

Location of this collection:: UC Berkeley, Bancroft Library

University of California, Berkeley, The Bancroft Library

Berkeley, CA 94720-6000, US