Badge, "Pinkerton National Detective Agent, New York"
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content: Pinkerton National Detective Agency
notes: label: Description
content: This badge is a novelty replica of the badges worn by members of the Pinkerton Detective Agency during the second half of the 19th century. The top of the badge bears the “all-seeing eye” with Pinkerton’s motto “We Never Sleep” below. The center of the badge reads “Pinkerton National Detective Agent” above “New York” in a cartouche. The Pinkerton Agency was established by Allen Pinkerton in 1850 and became famous by protecting President Lincoln during the Civil War. After the war, the Pinkerton Agency and its detectives became notorious for their violent methods in hunting down criminals and protecting railroad shipments as well as busting strikes and suppressing the dissent of organized labor.
place: label: associated place
content: United States: New York
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content: Home and Community Life: Fire Fighting and Law Enforcement
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Pinkerton Security and Investigation Services
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0325.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0325.01
label: accession number
content: 1991.0325
objectType: label: Object Name
content: badge
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 cm x 4.5 cm; 1 31/32 in x 1 25/32 in