Series Number	Project	Series Title	Description	Date Taken	Project Dates	OP #	Negatives	Contact Prints	8x10 Prints	Digital #
34.01	Police Records	Fingerprint Classifiers	WPA fingerprint classifiers at work in the identification bureau of the New Orleans Police Department. Twelve WPA workers are learning about loops and whorls and arch patterns under the tutelage of Simon Navo, project technician. Already they are relieving the regular Bertillion men in the police department of the added burden brought on by the present emergency. Interior.	3/10/1942			11	0		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11
34.02	Police Records	Rogues Gallery	WPA workers are overhauling the "Rogues Gallery" of New Orleans Police records by reindexing files and reprinting faded photographs of New Orleans criminals. Interior.	6/6/1939			6	1 (no negative)		1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6

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