Patrolman Matthew Taylor portrait   Save
Ohio History Connection
Description: Portrait of Matthew Taylor, a patrolman born in Springfield, Ohio, on February 10, 1882, who was appointed to the Springfield Police Department on December 1, 1904. The first African American officers appointed to the Springfield Police Department were reported to be in the mid-1880s. The city had its first African American chief of police, James Burch, named in 1984. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 352_2Sp8h_Taylor
Subjects: African American Ohioans; Law enforcement; Police officers; City employees
Places: Springfield (Ohio); Clark County (Ohio)