I'm pretty sure the BT up north was at Byron and Lincoln, SW corner. I can vaguely remember my grandmother walking me there in the late 60s from her house on 3900 block of N Hoyne. I would have been 4 or 5 at the time. And telefrank, the nearby police station was the Area 6 HQ around the corner at Grace and DAMEN, where the fire house is today.
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The beat tag in the front window of the car in the eBay photo signifies that it's a regular beat car from the 014th District. We just can't read the last digit. The primary beats back then were all numbered 1 through however many beats there were in that particular district. "Fourteen-O-____" would have been their radio call sign. The 5613 on the door and trunklid was nothing more t
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b.a.hoarder Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showthread.php?t=567 > 36 > > CPD takes delivery of a woodie wagon. Thanks for thinking of me, but I have that photo already. I'm beginning to think I may have all the photos in existence. I spent several hours in the research archive/library of the Chicago Historial S
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When Orlando W. Wilson was hired as the Police Superintendent in Spring of 1960, he set out to change the antiquainted way the Chicago Police Dept had been doing things. The department was knee-deep in the Summerdale Scandal, where several officers were caught up as part of a burglary ring in the Edgewater Area. So, the CPD was due for serious redecorating and general reorganization. Wilson clos
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Thanks, ba. Unfortunately, the link you provided is to my on-line CPD vehicle album. I'm flattered you found it and recommended it. I'm always looking for more photos and I'm hoping some of you folks might have some old prints that you'd care to share. Greg
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Does anyone have a line on vintage CPD vehicle photos from 50s thru 70s? Are you or any of your family members retired police officers? I've been on the job for 25 years and our department has kept barely any historical material. I want to create a department vehicle history reference library, either on-line or published. I've got a lot already, but looking to fill the gaps. Thanks. Greg
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Was it on the south side of the street,next to Mars Liquor Store? If that's the one I remember it from my route to Prussing Elementary School as a 1st grader in 1970. They used to sell those little blue/silver foil-wrapped chocolate "Ice Cubes" at the register for 2 cents each. I was able to get one occasionally on my walk home from school.
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