Photographs Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
2008.010.124 |
Title |
Captain Robert Berke |
Accession number |
2008.010 |
Object Name |
Negative, Sheet Film |
Date |
1958 |
Description |
Black and white photograph of Captain Robert Berke of the Jefferson County, Colorado Sheriff's Department. The photograph depicts Berke reading a fingerprint card in the Records Section of the Sheriff's Deparment located at 16th and Arapahoe Street in Golden. Above his left shoulder are wanted posters, in particular, a Ten Most Wanted Poster of two counter culture fugitives of the time: Catherine Ann Power and Melvin Luther Cox. |
Provenance |
Berke joined the Sheriff's Department in 1958 as a patrolman, promoted to Sergeant in 1960, participated in the crime spree of Kostal and Watson in 1959 and the Coors kidnapping and murder investigation in 1960. |
Copyright |
All rights belong to Golden History Museum & Park, City of Golden, without restriction. |
Credit line |
Golden History Museums, City of Golden, Dennis L. Potter Collection |
Caption |
Captain Robert Berke |
People |
Berke, Robert Coors, Adolph Herman Joseph III Kostal, Albert Watson, Arthur |
Search Terms |
1958 Jefferson County Jail Jefferson County Sheriffs Jefferson County Sheriffs Department |