Three Mounted London Policemen
Datec. 1910
DimensionsOverall: 48.2 x 57 cm
Credit LineGift of Mr. Alfred Avis, 1961
Object number1961.125.001
Label TextThree mounted police officers from the London Police Service pose in this circa 1910 image. These officers may have been participating in a ceremonial occasion. Even after the service acquired its first horse-drawn patrol wagon in 1889, most London police officers walked to their destinations. The service’s mobility increased with the addition of two bicycles in 1913 and a Studebaker car in 1915.
The London Police Service had been established in 1855. Although the community was not a hotbed of criminal activity but did have its share of wrongdoing. Police in the 19th and early 20th centuries encountered drunkenness, assault, prostitution, theft, vagrancy, and arson, among other crimes.
NamePhotograph
CopyrightPhoto Credit: Toni Hafkenscheid
George Speake
c. 1890
1940-1950s