I want a clear picture of a uniform of a 1940's NYCity policeman so
that it can be duplicated for a local play production.  You'd think it
would be easy but it isn't easy to find.

Dear serendipitous-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. The pictures you want can be found but they seem to be
relatively rare; at least in the clear, fill-length sense. I did find
a few, however. I hope these do the trick for you:

These photos are courtesy of the New York City Police Museum. I’ve
included the dates and significance along with the photos to help you
recognize any subtle changes in the uniforms:

NEW YORK CITY POLICE MUSEUM: UNIFORMS
http://www.nycpolicemuseum.org/

NYPD UNIFORMS
http://www.nycpolicemuseum.org/html/tour/uniforms.html

1940’s winter blouse uniform, called “The Choker”:
http://www.nycpolicemuseum.org/images/uniforms/clasckoker.jpg

Overcoat circa 1940-50:
http://www.nycpolicemuseum.org/images/uniforms/4050w.jpg

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This photo is courtesy of NYPD http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/
http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/html/3100/retro.html

1938: http://www.nyc.gov/html/nypd/pix/3100/se/p20-1.gif

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Here is a photo of the New York State Police, taken from:
TIME MACHINE http://www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/tmachine/htim107.htm

State Troopers, circa 1950: (notice the “cross draw pistols” –
handguns backward in their holsters with the handgrips facing
outwards. This practice was discontinued in the early 50’s when more
an more officers began having their guns were snatched away from them
and ended up being shot to death with their own weapons.)
http://www.newsday.com/extras/lihistory/tmachine/htim107.jpg

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Here is another taken from the HISTORY OF THE NEW YORK TRANSIT POLICE
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/html/transportation/tpd.html

Transit Police, 1949:
http://www.ci.nyc.ny.us/html/nypd/pix/transportation/transit_cop.gif


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for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
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Best regards;
Tutuzdad-ga


INFORMATION SOURCES

Defined above

SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINE USED:

Google ://www.google.com


SEARCH TERMS USED:

"NEW YORK" POLICE MUSEUM UNIFORMS

“NYPD” VINTAGE UNIFORMS

“NYPD” 1940’s (alternatively used “1941, 1942, etc)

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Clarification of Answer by tutuzdad-ga on 29 Jun 2003 13:24 PDT

I am sorry for the typo. The phrase "fill-length" above should read "full-length".

regards;
tutuzdad-ga