Featured I have 2 Items that are fascinating but I'm not sure how to market them

Discussion in 'Ephemera and Photographs' started by Bookahtoo, Jan 3, 2024.

  1. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    One item is a 1915 booklet put out by the Committee for a State Police called "Why New York Needs a State Police". The booklet uses the State of Pennsylvania, which had a State Police Force, to show examples of how a state force could be used in NY State.:

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    The other is a program and the marching order for the Public Safety Parade on May 11, 1925. The parade was part of an broader campaign to end the war between automobiles and pedestrians that was killing thousands of pedestrians a year in NYC by this time. Basically, the Bureau of Public Safety was trying to teach and enforce the few new traffic laws to drivers, and teach the general public that they didn't own the streets anymore, and to pay attention or die. Schools were closed for the day in the city so all the children could come and learn the lesson. There were more than 70 floats in this parade:

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    I'm not sure how to market these. Ideas?
     
  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    Market them directly at NYC collectors, mentioning Civil Protection......
    I would think..
     
  3. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    That's a good idea komo.
    I was thinking about the old automobile collecting crowd, but they'd have to be interested in more than just the cars.

    I'm not sure what "regular" police think about "state" police, or how collectors of police memorabilia view the differences. I was raised in a pretty left leaning family during the Vietnam War Era so I don't have much insight.
     
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  4. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    New York collectors and any police veterans. From what I know, cops collect cop stuff with a premium on things from the area where they served.
     
  5. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    This is specifically about creating a State Police Force in New York State. The pamphlet was printed in 1915 or 1916. The State Police Force was created in
    1917.
     
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  6. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    NY Police Museum......check before selling...!!!
     
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  7. Bookahtoo

    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    oooo - will do.
     
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  8. evelyb30

    evelyb30 Well-Known Member

    Someone's going to want it, is all I know. If the museum doesn't they may know who will, especially if they have a FB page with members/junkies posting to it.
     
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