Testing a New Bulletproof Vest

 

 

The gun players are WH Murphy and his assistant, of the Protective Garment Corporation of New York. The pictures were taken during a demonstration of the company’s “bulletproof vest” for DC-area police in 1923. The live demonstration took place at the Washington city police headquarters. They are inventors and salesmen trying to convince the police force that these bulletproof vests work and save lives.

 

The police officers in the background (on the second photo) are all part of the Frederick County Police Department, the gun they are firing is believed to be a S&W Model 10 Revolver. Mr. Murphy stood less than ten feet (3 meters) from the firing gun and took two consecutive .38 round slugs straight to the chest, and eye witnesses claims he “didn’t bat an eye” in both cases. Later Murphy gave the deflected .38 bullet to the police officer as a souvenir. This vest weighed 11 lb (5.0 kg), fit close to the body, and was considered more comfortable than the previous types of bulletproof vests.

 

 

Random Butchery

Possums, New York, circa 1916

 

Brixton, England, Horsemeat, 1940s

 

A butcher in his Model T Ford. Crone 's Butcher Shop at St Arnaud, Victoria, 1923

 

Petznick Game Butcher Shop, Berlin, Germany, 1899

Selfie, 1920 Version

Selfie, 1920 Version

 

One of the earliest selfies, taken by principals of the Byron Company, in 1920.

 

 

Byron Company:  Uncle Joe Byron, Pirie MacDonald, Colonel Marceau, Pop Core, Ben Falk-New York, 1920. Museum of the City of New York.

How the photo was taken:

 

Byron Company, Side view of Byron Co. photographers posing together for a photograph on the roof of Marceau’s Studio, 1920. Museum of the City of New York
More information can be found at the Museum of the City of New York.

New York, 1865

New York, 1865

 

This photo of lower Hudson Street was taken by Marcus Ormsby in 1865, to showcase the John Peake pharmacy. It’s a beautiful capture of day-to-day life in New York at the close of the civil war.

The Sidewalks of New York, 1899

On the Bowery, 1894

Assorted Posters 1936 - 1939

Fire wrecks a forest, 1939

Help your neighborhood by keeping your premises clean, 1937

Eliminate crime in the slums through housing, 1936

Visit Brookside Zoo, 1937

Koster & Bial's Music Hall

Koster & Bial's Music Hall, W. 34th St. near Broadway, NYC, 1896

Proposed Arcade Railway

Under Broadway, view near Wall Street, NYC 1868.

Views in New York

Views in New York (Wall Street) by Robert Kerr, architect, 1845

Panorama of the Harbor of New York

Staten Island and the narrows, 1854

NYPD Information Bureau at HQ, 1908

NYPD taking Bertillon measurements--armspan, 1908

Interior view of the New York Crystal Palace

Interior view of the New York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations, 1853.

A glimpse of New York's dry goods district, 1886

Bronx Lake from New York Zoological Park

Bronx Lake from New York Zoological Park, 183 St. and Southern Blvd., May 1908

A Great Fire in New York