[EARLY PHOTOG.]. Quarter plate ambrotype of a Jersey City policeman with baton, wearing a badge.

Seated portrait of a bearded man posed Napoleonically and holding a police baton in one hand. He wears an 8-pointed badge on his jacket, with the New Jersey state seal at center and text "Jersey City / Police" surrounding. (Some wear/loss to lacquer, otherwise very clear image, spotting to mat; unsealed.) Housed in a pressed paper case (some separation to spine, surface wear).

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[EARLY PHOTOG.]. Quarter plate ambrotype of a Jersey City policeman with baton, wearing a badge.

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