Police machine gun, New York City police parade, 11 May 1918 (Library of Congress)
Bain News Service glass negative of a police officer riding a motorcycle with a mounted machine gun in a New York City police parade on 11 May 1918, a record of police armament before the Prohibition era.
- Date
- 1918-05-11
- Kind
- photograph
- Retrieved
- 2026-10-12
- Rights
- Library of Congress rights advisory: "No known restrictions on publication." Collection: George Grantham Bain Collection. Reproduction number LC-DIG-ggbain-26816.
The Library’s summary reads: “Photograph shows a police officer riding a motorcyle with a mounted machine gun in a police parade that took place in New York City on May 11, 1918.” The words “Police Machine Gun” are lettered on the negative itself, across the top of the frame. The negative is dated as created or published on 16 May 1918; the parade date is from the summary.
The record does not identify the weapon’s type, and this page does not.
Object: Glass-negative photograph of a motorcycle with a mounted machine gun
Maker: Bain News Service
Date: 11 May 1918 (parade); negative dated 16 May 1918
Provenance: George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress
Appears in: LC-DIG-ggbain-26816