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Or maybe crowd control? Things must have been tough in NY even in 1918...
Think that's the Colt-Browning M1895 (nicknamed potato digger)
Tom
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901
Were they expecting an invasion by Hun forces in Manhattan?
Illegitimus Non Carborundum Akā, ʻo ka poʻe hilinaʻi aku iā Iēhova, e ulu hou nō ko lākou ikaika;
E piʻi ʻēheu aku nō lākou i luna, e like me nā ʻaito;
E holo nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e māloʻeloʻe,
E hele mua nō lākou, ʻaʻole hoʻi e maʻule.
`Isaia 40:31
Pretty much all European uniforms from the 1890s-1960s are some variation on the one you see there. The current USMC dress blues is still in that style. Look at pics of Pershing, any British WW1 general, most WW2 generals (either side) and their standard dress/work uniform still falls under the general style you see.
Well, the poster on the wall is for "Third Liberty Loan" (The Third Liberty Loan Act was a liberty bond sold during World War I)
Also, pretty sure French police wore the "képi" style of cap (think caps worn by North/South in Civil War, French Foreign Legion, Charles de gaulle, and Police Captain Louis Renault (Claude Rains in Casa Blanca - "I'm shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!")
Just saying...
Tom
'A Man's got to have a code...
I won't be wronged, I won't be insulted and I won't be laid a hand on.
I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them." -John Bernard Books. Jan. 22, 1901