Category: Investigator Notes
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Flight of Fancy
The first commercial book published by a Glessner family member is a 1942 guide to military aircraft.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/august-vollmer-960x648.jpg)
August Vollmer
More than any individual, Gus Vollmer is responsible for modern policing.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/First-Motorized-Patrol-Vehicle-1-960x635.jpg)
The First Police Car
America's first motorized police vehicle had a top speed of 18 mph on level ground.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/gunshots-960x516.jpg)
A Model Citizen
Friends were concerned that Ernest Boruski killed himself several times.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/9781492680475-300-e1563406711685-960x558.jpg)
Little Buttercup
Frances Glessner Lee's prize-winning dairy cows produced milk with extraordinary thick cream.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/dream3featured-960x450.jpg)
The Woman “Cop”
A woman as a swork police office, as envisioned by a suffragette.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/9781492680475-300-e1563406711685-960x558.jpg)
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O Captain, My Captain
Was Frances Glessner Lee an honorary police captain? Yes and no.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/37917817196_cbb5b9e1d6_k-960x551.jpg)
Visit The Rocks
The Glessner family spent summers at The Rocks estate in New Hampshire.![](https://brucegoldfarb.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/glessner-house-960x557.jpg)
Visit the Glessner House
The Glessner House Museum is a living time capsule of Gilded Age Chicago.Load More