typical sheet with one photo; probably Herman Matson
Name/Title
Hoboken Police Department files of mug shots, two metal cases with photos mounted in sliding drawers, many undated, ca. 1920's to 1960's.
Entry/Object ID
2002.008.2000
Scope and Content
Hoboken Police Department mug shot files, two metal cases with photos mounted (flip style) in sliding drawers, ca. 1920's to 1960's. Uncounted, but holds several hundred.
Names of people are not in the photo or on the sheet.
Images, one or two, mounted on card stock, 8" square. Image of person taken in front of height scales. Also in most images is a card or calendar with the month/day/year and a police department number (possibly a number from an arrest report or a blotter record file number.)
Shown is a typical sheet from 1938 with a single photo. The man has been tentatively identified (by a book author doing research) as a Herman Matson.
Acquisition
Accession
2002.008
Source or Donor
Hoboken Police Dept., Chief George Crimmins
Acquisition Method
Donation
Credit Line
Gift of City of Hoboken, Police Department
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1920 - 1969
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1910s-1969
Date(s): 1920-1969
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
General Notes
Note
Notes: Transferred to the Museum upon the move of the Police Department from Hoboken City Hall to its new headquarters on Hudson Street in the 1990’s.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2006-11-19
