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Wearing the Badge is an intersecting of the author's profession and a decades long hobby that continues to this day. Fascinated with photographs since an early age, Robert Walker, a retired 26 year police veteran, has since amassed a large collection of photos concerning the history of the American police officer. These photos were found in antique shops, flea markets, online sales, and estate sales. Some of the photos date clear back to the 1850s.
For years Robert was content to collect the photos as just a hobby. An enjoyable way to pass the time, but after a long spell of friends urging him to put the collection between two covers, Robert relented. Wearing the Badge was the final product. In Wearing the Badge, Robert attempts to show the American police officer in all facets of the job. Bank robberies, assassins, labor disputes, rioters, depression era bandits, mafia hit men, drug dealers, and all the rest- they're all in here ! Over 300 photographs showing the men and women who wear the badge both past and present.
We hope you will enjoy reading it as much as he loved putting it all together.
Wearing the Badge is an intersecting of the author's profession and a decades long hobby that continues to this day. Fascinated with photographs since an early age, Robert Walker, a retired 26 year police veteran, has since amassed a large collection of photos concerning the history of the American police officer. These photos were found in antique shops, flea markets, online sales, and estate sales. Some of the photos date clear back to the 1850s.
For years Robert was content to collect the photos as just a hobby. An enjoyable way to pass the time, but after a long spell of friends urging him to put the collection between two covers, Robert relented. Wearing the Badge was the final product. In Wearing the Badge, Robert attempts to show the American police officer in all facets of the job. Bank robberies, assassins, labor disputes, rioters, depression era bandits, mafia hit men, drug dealers, and all the rest- they're all in here ! Over 300 photographs showing the men and women who wear the badge both past and present.
We hope you will enjoy reading it as much as he loved putting it all together.
