Visit the Museum's Gift Shop area to find unique
law enforcement collectables for sale! Here are some of our featured items. Sorry,
no credit card or on-line purchases at this time.To order any item on this page, contact us by telephone at (513) 300-3664 or email at giftshop@gcphs.com for information on purchasing.
Featured Item!
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The Laser Engraved Wooden Ornaments
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Laser Engraved Wooden Ornaments
$8.00- $30.00
Wooden ornament with Star or Badge engraved by laser. Custom lettering available up to 25 letters. 11 1/2" ornament - $30.00; 6" ornament - $15.00; 4 1/4" ornament - $8.00. Each comes with wooden stand.
CLOTHING
Denim Shirt
$25.00
Long sleeve denim shirt with embroidered GCPHS logo. Men and Ladies available in various sizes.
Polo Shirt
$20.00
Short sleeve navy blue polo shirt with embroidered GCPHS logo. Men and Ladies available in various sizes.
T- Shirt
S-M-L $10.00 X-sizes $14.95
Men's/Women's short-sleeve navy blue t-shirt with embroidered GCPHS logo.Sizes small to 3X.
Baseball Cap
$12.95
Beige baseball cap with navy trim on visor and embroidered GCPHS logo. One size fits all.
BOOKS
Cincinnati Police History
By Christine Mersch - $19.99
A photographic history of the Cincinnati Police Department written in 2006 by local author Christine Mersch. Researched at the Greater Cincinnati Police Museum. 2006 Paperback
Our Police
By George M. Roe - $29.99
A hard to find 1976 reprint of the rare 1890 original. Details the history of the Cincinnati Police Department from 1803 to 1890. 1976 Hardcover
Murder is my Business
No Witnesses
Police & Municipal Guide
$19.95
A reprint of the original book published in 1901 which contains photos and biographies of every member of the Cincinnati Police Department at the time of the original's publication. Paperback
By Kate March with Howard Makin - $19.95
The inside story from the cops, criminals, and victim's families of the quadruple murder at the Cabinet Supreme Savings and Loan in Delhi Township, Ohio in 1969. Twelve pages of photos. 2008 Paperback Read an excerpt at www.nowitnessesbook.com
PHOTOS/POSTCARDS
ALL 6 SETS - $5.00
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 1
SET OF 6$1.00
Reproductions of “trading cards,” of the Court House Riots, 1884: The Hamilton
County Court House in flames, set by rioters; rioters meeting at Music Hall;
police and National Guardsmen at the barricades in front of the Court House;
barricades on the side of the Court House; a squad of police taking cannons
away from rioters; police and volunteers taking the wounded to the hospital.
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 2
SET OF 6 $1.00
Roll of Honor issued to Patrolman William Boers in 1900 for saving three boys by stopping
a runaway mule; African-American police officers in the early 1920s (two are: John “Pop” Toney and Olin Wilson, who later died in the line of duty); Cincinnati Police Patrol
Wagon #5, circa 1890s; Cincinnati Police Department’s “Police Colts” semi-pro
baseball team; the Hamilton County Sheriff’s deputies after three days of rioting in
Cincinnati caused 50 deaths and the burning of the courthouse, 1884; a late 19th Century
poster showing scenes from the 1884 Hamilton County “Courthouse Riots.”
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 3
SET OF 6$1.00
Reproduction of a century-old postcard showing Cincinnati Mounted Police Troop;
African-American Patrolman Webster Roberts, of the Lockland, Ohio, Police
Department, circa 1900; a reproduction of another century-old postcard, showing the
Cincinnati Work House; Cincinnati Police Sergeant Edwin Goeper in his parade
uniform, 1899; a Cincinnati patrolman who won the prestigious Alms Medal, circa 1910s;
Cincinnati Police Patrol Wagon #4, circa 1890s.
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 4
SET OF 6 $1.00
Cincinnati Police Lieutenant William Copelan, 1907. Copelan later served as the
Cincinnati’s Police Chief for 23 years!; early Community Policing: Cincinnati Patrolman
George Steidinger poses with a young boy circa 1890s; the Cincinnati Park Police
posing in Eden Park, 1935; a Newport, Kentucky police officer in the 1920s;
reproduction of a century-old postcard of Cincinnati Police inspection in front of City Hall,
in 1907; Cincinnati Police Chief Paul Milliken rides in a 1910 Thomas automobile.
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 5
SET OF 6$1.00
Reproduction of a classic postcard of the Cincinnati Police Inspection in the Reds’
Ballpark, circa 1906; Cincinnati Patrolman Roscoe Lewis on the steps of Corryville
Elementary School, 1917; 1895 photo of Cincinnati Police Command staff:
Chief Phillip Deitsch, Superintendant George Hadley, Superintendent Thomas Duffey, and
Superintendent of Detectives Lawrence Hazen; the St. Bernard, Ohio, Police
Department, 1901; Cincinnati Police Lieutenants and Sergeants at City Hall, 1915;
Cincinnati Police Chief Paul Milliken and “Handsome,” in an early police car, 1910.
Cincinnati Police Postcard Set 6
SET OF 6$1.00
Cincinnati Police Detective Frank A. B. Hall, who retired in 1926 and became
Cincinnati’s first African-American Councilman; Cincinnati Patrolman Dawson
Moneyhon displays his Colt revolver, circa 1918; Ladies of the Rotary Convention, “Joy Riding,” in a Cincinnati patrol wagon, 1916; reproduced antique postcard
depicting the Cincinnati Mounted Patrol on maneuvers, circa 1908; Cincinnati
Patrolman Frank Muller, circa 1900; Hamilton County, Ohio, Traffic Officer Chris
Robisch, 1935, who later became Chief of Mariemont Police.
GIFT ITEMS
The Bobblehead
$15.95
The Bobblehead is a special order, since you can personalized a 3 line
plaque, which is attached to the base. Order forms are at the museum.
Commemorative Brick
$50.00
Place an engraved brick in memory or honor of the police service of yourself or of a loved one at the GCPHS museum "Walk of Honor". Commemorative Bricks are an excellent way of preserving in perpetuum this honorable service to the Greater Cincinnati community. Contact the GCPHS museum gift shop to place your order!
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