This classic Depression Era soup kitchen was operated by gangster Al Capone in 1933.  The Chicago location was financed by the underworld mobster to help improve his image with the public during the high time of unemployment in the Midwest.  This photograph is printed from a negative.

Infamous Federal prison on Alcatraz Island. The photo was taken from the a hilltop in San Francisco, California in 1948.

Denison, Texas Chief of Police Wade Taylor and his shiny new Ford Squad Car.The vehicle is a 1932 Ford Model 18 (V-8).  The chief poses with his new Ford after he was reputed to have chased the notorious Clyde Barrow Gang out of this North Texas community and across the Oklahoma line.  Chief Taylor reported to the citizens of Denison that the new car performed much better than his old squad car and was safe at high speeds.

The chief, a detective and an officer of the Jersey City, New Jersey Police Department stand proudly with one of the department's armored vehicles in front of the downtown station house.  The rise of gangland activity during Prohibition necessitated the purchase of armored vehicles by many communities, especially those close to a major metropolitan area.  September 1928 photo.

A Tacoma, Washington policeman on a Harley-Davidson motorcycle and a squad car officer are shown here in a 1930's photo.