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Francois-Eugene Vidocq (1775-1857): The World’s 1st Private Detective

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) America’s 1st Private Detective

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Historic Detective Treasures & Artifacts

International Detective’s Conference - St. Louis - 1889

Expo Detective Watch Camera

Detective Dictograph “Hears Even a Whisper”

Detective Fingerprint Camera

Ace Fingerprint Kit

“Vest Pocket” Detective Camera

“Private Eye” Camera

“Cigarette Pack” Micro 16 Camera

John Player Special Cigarette Pack Camera

“Cigarette Lighter” Detective Camera

Minox-B Camera

Keystone 8mm Movie Camera

“Electronic Memory” Wire Recorder

Detective’s MINIFON/PROTONA Wire Recorder Kit

IMP II Detective FM Transmitters

Bell & Howell SOG (Special Operations Group)

The Ohio Secret Service

Sherman Detective Agency, Inc.

The C.T. Ludwig Detective Training Correspondence School (circa 1915)

How To Be A Detective Criminal Code & G - Man Mastery Booklet (1943)

Southern Detectives, Inc. (1950’s)

Harold K. “Hal” Lipset

The Public Perception of the P.I.

J.J. “Jay” Armes

The P.I.’s Impact on Popular Culture

The P.I.’s and Spies and Detectives

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