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[Photograph of police officer and dog]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.089.03 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Photograph Date: 1 October 1944 Pagination: 1 photograph Height: 12.3 cm, Width: 8.5 cm Order a Copy

One photograph sent by E. Pearce Hayes to L. Jean White dated October 1, 1944. Photograph features a man in a police officers uniform smiling at and petting a dog. The man in the photo is probably Frank B. White from his time in the police department before going into the marines.

White, L. Jean, 1915-2014
Clay, Charlie, fl. 1944

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