Norfolk (Va.). Police Department

Artifacts collected by the City of Norfolk Police Museum in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes three 1736 wax charter seals, a model of the ship Merrimac, and other miscellaneous materials from the Hampton Roads vicinity.

The collection includes 290 fingerprint cards, most with photographs attached, dating from 1917 to 1958.

Publications from the Norfolk Police Department in Norfolk, Virginia. The collection includes annual reports, programs, newsletters, and other published materials ranging in date from 1919-2013.

One March 24, 1923 panorama of the Norfolk Police Department Traffic Division Motorcycle Squad, taken by Long's Studio, Norfolk, Virginia. The officers' names are listed below their motorcycles.

One circa 1902-1930 scrapbook of newspaper clippings, correspondence, certificates, business cards, handwritten search warrants, and lists of police officers on duty, relating to Norfolk police detective Paul L. Rose of Norfolk, Virginia. Topics in the scrapbook include murderer Leo Cuthbert Thurman, politics, and crime. The scrapbook spans the career of Paul Rose as a detective and primarily includes clippings of crimes in the Norfolk area.

One circa 1910 incomplete copy of History of Norfolk Police Department and circa 1925-1930 clippings primarily relating to Walter Carl Spencer's career as a detective on the police force in Norfolk, Virginia. A few clippings are pasted directly to the pages of the book.