Police

White House Police Force members Private Joseph Downs, left, and Private Donald Birdzell, right, are shown seated in wheelchairs while recovering in a Washington, D.C. hospital. They were wounded protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt while he was staying at Blair House. Joseph Downs was hit in the chest, abdomen, and thigh; Donald Birdzell was shot in both legs.

Funeral services at Arlington National Cemetery for former U.S. Army Private Leslie Coffelt, who at the time of death was a White House Police Force guard who was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950.

President Harry S. Truman (center, right) and First Lady Bess W. Truman (center, left) attend the funeral services for White House Police Force guard and former U.S. Army draftee Leslie Coffelt at Arlington National Cemetery. Coffelt was killed while protecting President Harry S. Truman from an assassination attempt at Blair House on November 1, 1950. All others unidentified.

A group of Japanese fire fighters and police stand at attention during Basil Rice's tour to learn about the effects of fire from the atomic bomb. All are unidentified. From Basil Rice.

A group of unidentified men stand outside a police station in Pakistan. Original caption: "Salam the Guard Local Police Station. They turned out for US Embassy and Point Four officers."

President Harry S. Truman (third from left) delivers a speech from the back of a train near Denver, Colorado. Second from the left is Denver, Colorado Chief of Police John F. O'Donnell. All others are unidentified. From: James O'Donnell.

Officers directing traffic in front of Radio City Music Hall, with the movie "Balalaika," starring Nelson Eddy and Ilona Massey, listed on the marquee. All are unidentified.

An unidentified policeman on horseback responds to questions from an unidentified census enumerator.

Washington, D.C. policemen ride motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.

Policemen ride on motorcycles in the 1949 Inaugural parade. Caption in original scrapbook read, "Washington's Finest." Donor: Jerrold Gilbert.