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[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 2] (open access)

[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 2]

Photograph of a City of Arlington document detailing the appointment of Mrs. C.C. Rogers as City Marshal of Arlington in 1914 signed by P.F. McKee. The document is dated July 3rd, 1914 and states that she will be paid $5.00 a month. Listed on the document are the city officials and aldermen. Mrs. Rogers was the first female Arlington City Marshal. She was relieved of her duties September 10, 1914. The title of City Marshal was later changed to Police Chief when Pearl Rudd was appointed in 1915. Mrs. Rogers never became a police chief.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Arlington Police Chief Pearl Rudd, APD's first police chief]

Photograph of Arlington Police Department's first Police Chief, Pearl Rudd, standing next to his 1911 Ford Model T taxi in old downtown Arlington.
Date: 1916
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 1] (open access)

[City of Arlington document appointing Mrs. C.C. Rogers as the City Marshal of Arlington, view 1]

Photograph of a City of Arlington document detailing the appointment of Mrs. C.C. Rogers as City Marshal of Arlington in 1914 signed by P.F. McKee. The document is dated July 3rd, 1914 and states that she will be paid $5.00 a month. Listed on the document are the city officials and aldermen. Mrs. Rogers was the first female Arlington City Marshal. She was relieved of her duties September 10, 1914. The title of City Marshal was later changed to Police Chief when Pearl Rudd was appointed in 1915. Mrs. Rogers never became a police chief.
Date: 1914
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Legal Document
System: The Portal to Texas History