Finding aid for the Elyria Police Department Photographs
Repository: Western Reserve Historical Society
Creator: Elyria Police Department
Title: Elyria Police Department Photographs
Dates: 1949-1972
Extent: 0.20 linear feet (1 container)
Abstract: The collection consists of group portraits of Police Department personnel and subjects depicting police work, the Elyria city jail, accident and murder scenes, courts, and views of the proposed Ohio Turnpike route through the Elyria area.
PG Number PG 280
Location: closed stacks
Language: The records are in English

Scope and Content

The Elyria Police Department Photographs, 1949-1972, consist of group portraits of Police Department personnel and subjects depicting police work, the Elyria city jail, accident and murder scenes, courts, and views of the proposed Ohio Turnpike route through the Elyria area. The collection includes 176 black and white photographs that measure 8 x 10 inches. It also includes 17 black and white negatives.

This collection will be useful to researchers studying the history of law enforcement, crime, punishment, traffic control, and the development of the Ohio Turnpike in Elyria, Ohio, during the last half of the twentieth century.

Statement of Arrangement

The collection has been retained in original order.

Restrictions on Access

None.

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Subjects:

Elyria (Ohio) -- History.
Elyria (Ohio). Police Dept. -- Photograph collections.
Police -- Ohio -- Elyria -- Photographs.

Preferred Citation

[Container ___, Folder ___ ] PG 290 Elyria Police Department Photographs, Western Reserve Historical Society, Cleveland, Ohio