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16 photos tagged coltbrowningm1895, from 5 members of Flickr Commons.

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Police Patrol (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Art Siegel said:

  Described in Motor Boating magazine for May, 1917 as a 43 x 9 foot Seabury Scout turned over to the NYPD by A.D. Brixby of New York. books.google.com/books?id=ZOt1f29Ct9oC&pg=PA15&lp...

• Justin Bower said:

  in this picture and the other of the same boat, the gentleman seems to be very intently aiming a machine gun that has no ammo belt hooked up to it.

• Art Siegel said:

  Another photo of Bluecoat in action, from the May, 1917 issue of The Rudder, with the caption: "Police Harbor Patrol Boat Bluecoat Built by the Gas Engine and Power Company 55 Ft Long 9 Ft Breadth Power 125 HP Speedway Speed 19 Miles " books.google.com/books?id=mS0jAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP12&lp...

• Art Siegel said:

  A newspaper photo from April 11, 1917, with the caption "'Bluecoat, 'New Police Patrol Boat, Showing RapidFire Gun onDeck" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-04-11/ed-...

Police Patrol (LOC)

from The Library of Congress

• Film&PhotoArchivist said:

  No Ammo!

• xr282 said:

  the gun is a M1895 Colt-Browning machine gun aka potato digger

• philthydirtyanimal said:

  The machine gun, no doubt, helped to detect more crime.

• Infrogmation of New Orleans said:

  The rum-runners haven't got a chance now!

• Richard Norton said:

  Bluecoat: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101115735 New York Aquarium: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101499948 New York City Harbor Police: www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q101499901

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from Costică Acsinte

• Nicolae S said:

  Amintiri...a fost odata !

• ironworker0110 said:

  Colt-Browning Machine Gun model 1914