Pinkerton National Detective Agency

Pinkerton National Detective Agency, original single spread reward broadside reading in part: "$1,500.00 Reward / Of the above amount, $500 is offered by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Toronto, Ontario, for the arrest, detention and delivery to a duly authorized officer of... Wladyslav Szymansky, Andreas Slander, Waclaw Winicki." Circa 1909.

Pinkerton, founded as the Pinkerton National Detective Agency, is a private security guard and detective agency established in the United States by Allan Pinkerton in 1850 and currently a subsidiary of Securitas AB. Pinkerton became famous when he claimed to have foiled a plot to assassinate president-elect Abraham Lincoln, who later hired Pinkerton agents for his personal security during the Civil War. Pinkerton's agents performed services ranging from security guarding to private military contracting work. Pinkerton was the largest private law enforcement organization in the world at the height of its power. 

From the collection of Police Chief Michael Webb (1950-2009). Webb joined the Vinita Park, Missouri police force in 1974 and served until his death in 2009, during which time he purchased crime artifacts from relatives of criminals and law officers. Boasting more than 8,000 wanted posters, pieces of Webb’s collection have been featured in film and displayed at the National Crime and Punishment Museum in Washington.

Double spread; 15 x 11 inches, separated at centerfold. Verso is blank and clean. In very good condition with light wear, folding lines and moderate fraying and chipping to edges.