Summary: Donor was both a member of the Tarrant County Historical Commission and a longtime Fort Worth resident. Donor explained that the image of the "First Organized Police Department Fort Worth 1887" may be an early image of the Fort Worth Police Department but not the first.
Photograph:
"First Organized Police Department Fort Worth 1887" "number 16 is Will Ashmore, Grandfather to Judge Bob Ashmore" photographer unknown.