Name/Title
New and Old Sheriff's Cars, 1973Entry/Object ID
2007-012.D255NDescription
New and Old Sheriff's Cars, 1973. There two black and white film negative strips were created for the Lacey Leader newspaper. These images show two men (Rex Hartwick and Mike Cleland) in Thurston County Sheriff's uniforms posing with two sheriff's cars. Each sheriff is standing behind the open driver's side door of one of the cars. The images were captured outside the Lacey Leader's offices. Image 19 shows the two sheriffs posing with the cars. The front right corner of the left-hand car is touching the left edge of the image. Image 20 shows the reflection of a tree on the hood of theleft-hand car. Image 21 shows a nearly identical image to image 20, but the photographer has moved slightly to their left. Image 22 shows a similar image to timage 21, but it was captured from a slightly lower perspective.
Image 23 shows the two men standing next to the cars. There is a small access cover in the concrete at the bottom left corner of the image. Image 24 is very similar to image 23, but the camera has panned down and there is a stain or wet spot visible on the concrete at the bottom right of the image. Image 25 shows the access cover at the bottom edge of the image just left of center. Image 26 shows the cars from a nearly front-on view. There is a large truck passing in the background.
Rex Hartwick was a deputy sheriff with the Thurston County Sheriff's Department. The new car on the left was a "metallic green," the official color of the National Sheriffs. The older car on the right is white. At the time of these photos, the Thurston County Sheriff's Department had just received twelve of the new Dodge patrol cars. The white cars were to remain in service for two to three years until being phased out. The article referred to does not specify the rank of Mike Cleland. (LL, 5/2/1973, pg. 2)
Printed in alternation along the bottom edge of both of these strips is "KODAK SAFETY FILM" and "KODAK TRI X PAN FILM."Made/Created
Date made
1973 - 1973Place
City
LaceyCounty
ThurstonState/Province
WashingtonCountry
United StatesContinent
North AmericaNotes
Date: 05-02-1973
Film Size: 35 mm
Medium: AcetateLexicon
Search Terms
Police, Thurston County SheriffsRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Rex HartwickPerson or Organization
Mike Cleland