Crime Notice

Original Crime Notice postcard, dated December 17, 1941, from Berkeley, California, related to  a prior fingerprinted circular concerning Benjamin Elkins, who has since been arrested in Boston and returned to Berkeley for trial.

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.

This notice is in overall good condition, aside from slight, expected age wear, including a vertical crease.