N288 Police Inspectors & Captains & Chiefs of the Fire Departments
This beautiful 95-card set of police and firemen was issued in 1888 by Buchner with their "One of the Finest" tobacco. 62 of the same subjects were included in the smaller format
N284 series in the same year.
New York City (i.e., Manhattan) and Brooklyn have the greatest representation, with the rest from towns in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. Most of the
firemen are from outside of New York. Their cards are more difficult to find than the police, which may indicate that they were issued last. I bought my first two at a
Ft. Washington show
in 2001 and have been picking them up mostly one-by-one over the past five years.
The backs of the cards
come in two formats; the more common one mentions the fire chiefs as well as the police. Other card sets from the same era show the
photos used as the basis for N288's portraits. Prices today for N288's usually range from $50 to $200, based on condition.
Click on any of the thumbnails below to see the full image.
Capt. Anthony J. Allaire
11th Precinct, New York
Capt. Wm. C. F. Berghold
2nd Precinct, New York
1st Asst. Chief Hugh Bonner
N.Y. City
Chief Geo. Bowman
Stamford, Conn.
Capt. Nicholas Brooks
7th Precinct, New York
Sergt. Edmund Brown
6th Precinct, Brooklyn
Thomas Byrnes
Inspector of Police New York
Capt. Danl. Callahan
Eng. Co. No. 31, N.Y. City
Patrick Campbell
Superintendent of Police, Brooklyn
Capt. James Campbell
1st Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Edward Carpenter
20th Precinct, New York
Thomas Carroll
Commissioner of Police, Brooklyn
Capt. Phillip Cassidy
33rd Precinct, New York
Capt. W.H. Clinchy
18th Precinct, New York
Capt. Theron S. Copeland
9th Precinct, New York
Francis L. Dallon
Deputy Commissioner of Police, Brooklyn
Capt. Thomas L. Druhan
13th Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Joseph B. Eakins
5th Precinct, New York
Capt John W. Eason
2nd Precinct, Brooklyn
Chief Henry J. Eaton
Hartford, Conn.
Capt. Thos. Edmondson
2nd Precinct, Jersey City
Capt. Ira S. Garland
17th Precinct, New York
Chief Engr. Chas A. Gerdenier
Bridgeport, Conn.
Capt. John Gunner
25th Precinct, New York
Capt. Henry D. Hooker
29th Precinct, New York
Henry Hopper
Chief of Police, Newark, N.J.
Capt. William J. Kaiser
6th Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Henry Kellett
15th Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Thomas Killilea
22nd Precinct, New York
Capt. Patrick H. Leavey
3rd Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Daniel J. Lowery
11th Precinct, Brooklyn
John MacKellar
Inspector of Police, Brooklyn
2nd Asst. Chief John McCabe
N.Y. City
Capt. John H. McCullagh
14th Precinct, New York
Capt. Charles McDonnell
8th Precinct, New York
John McGlave
Commissioner of Police, New York
Chief Saml. McGowan
S.Norwalk, Conn.
Capt. Archibald McKaig
4th Precinct, Jersey City
Capt. William J. McKelvey
4th Precinct, Brooklyn
Patrick H. McLaughlin
Inspector of Police, Brooklyn
Capt. Wm. W. Mclaughlin
1st Precinct, New York
Capt. Thomas Murphy
8th Precinct, Brooklyn
William Murray
Superintendent of Police, New York
Capt. Moses E. Newton
3rd Precinct, Jersey City
Chas. E. Nossitter
Chief of Police, Tarrytown, N.Y.
Capt. Wm. K. Reed
Coxsackie, N.Y.
Capt. George R. Rhodes
7th Precinct, New York
Capt. Thos. M. Ryan
21st Precinct, New York
Capt. John Sanders
30th Precinct, New York
Capt. Wm. H. Schultz
13th Precinct, New York
Capt. Edward Slevin
12th Precinct, New York
Capt. Elbert O. Smith
24th Precinct, New York
Capt. J.S. Smith
5th Precinct, Jersey City
Henry V. Steers
Inspector of Police, New York
Chief Jacob Taylor
Englewood, N.J.
Captain Alex B. Wartz
23rd Precinct, New York
Chief J. Erwin Waters
Plainfield, N.J.
Chief Geo. F. Westbrook
Montclair, N.J.
Capt. Josiah Westervelt
23rd Sub-Precinct, New York
Alexander S. Williams
Inspector of Police New York
Capt. Cornelius Woglom
5th Precinct, Brooklyn
Capt. Peter Yule
35th Precinct, New York
Peter Conlin
Inspector of Police, New York
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