Vintage PI Gear From The Ralph Thomas Collection

Spy And Private-Eye Still Cameras

Tica Expo Watch Camera, 1890's -1920's

1940's Petel Spy Camera

The Steineck ABC Wrist Watch Camera 1940's -1950's

Covert Camera Built Into Cane 1920,1930, 1940's

The Minox Spy Camera

Econo Minox Black Spy Camera With Flash, 1970's, 1980's

Minox Camera/Light Meter From Holmes Detective Bureau, Inc.

Mamiya 16 Spy Camera 1950's, 1960's

The Univex Folding Spy Camera from Universal Camera Company, 1950's

Miniature Sub Camera From The 1950s

Steky 16 MM Camera From the 1940's

Minute 16 Mini Spy Camera from Universal Camera Corporation, 1950's

Private Eye Shirt Pocket Camera 1950's

Binocular Camera 1960's

KGB Photosniper, 1950's, 1960's, 1970's

Polaroid Automatic 250 Land Camera, 1960s, 1970s

Spy And Private-Eye Optics

KGB Micro Binoculars

Civil War Brass Spy Magnifying Glass, 1850's

Brass Magnifying Glass 1850's

Flat Folding Brass Micro Binoculars, 1850's

Long Range Brass Spy Binoculars On Stand, 1850s

Brass Binoculars From Around 1870's

Secret Fold-Up Cylinder Binoculars, 1880's 1890s

Brass Field Binoculars 1850's, 1860s

Long Range Surveillance Binoculars, 1800's

Russian Night Vision Scope Camera Adaptable

Russian Night Vision Scope, 1960's

Secret Advantage Spy Monocular, 1950's, 1960's

KGB 7 X Spy Palm Monocular, 1960's, 1970's

Spy And Private-Eye Audio Recorders

Webster Chicago Wire Tape Recorder From the 1940's

Webster Chicago Silver Wire Tape Recorder From The 1940's

The Mohawk Midget Recorder, 1950's

Vintage Phono Trix Portable Reel Recorder Set with Carrying Case 1950's

ER Recorder A Popular Portable Reel Recorder From The 1950's

Trix Reel to Reel Profesional Tape Recorder Systyem, 1950's

Miniature Channel Master Tape Recorder, circa 1950s-60s

The Electra Candid Covert Recorder 1960's

Mayfair Transistor Reel To Reel Long Play Portable Tape Recorder, 1960s

Starlite Pocket Mate Reel to Reel Portable Tape Recorder, 1950s, 1960s

Covert Tape Recorder Briefcase, 1960's

Portable Claricon Reel-To-Reel Tape Recorder 1960's

Portable Reel To Reel Universal Transistor Tape Recorder 1960's

Phono Trix Reel To Reel Portable Tape Recorder 1960's

1960's/1970's Cassette And Micro Cassette Audio Recorders

Spy And Private-Eye Surveillance Movie Cameras

Keystone 16mm Key Wound Movie Camera 1930s

16 MM Keystone Surveillance Movie Camera From The 1950's

Revere Turrent Lens Movie Camera-The First "Zooms" 1950's

1940's Rervere Miniature Movie Camera

Minute 16 Mini Spy Camera from Universal Camera Corporation, 1950's

1950's Keystone 8 MM Movie Camera

Abraham Zapruder 8MM JFK Assassination Camera, 1963

The 8 MM Push-Button Automatic Movie Camera, 1960's

Bolex Laillard 16MM Movie Camera with Zoom Lens, 1970s

Vintage Bolex Paillard Zoom Reflex Movie Camera Plus 1970's

Zenit Covert Video Camera 1970's

24 Old Surveillance Movie Cameras From The 1940's, 1950,s
1960's, 1970's

Vintage Countermeasures Gear

The 1080D Telephone Analyzer , 1960's 1970's

The ACM Countermeasures Kit 1960's, 1970's

Sentinel 360 Martin Kaiser Countermeasures Kit, 1960's, 1970's

The CMS Countermeasures Kit 1960's, 1970's 1980's

Military/Counter Intelligence Grade Telephone Analyzer
1970, 1980, 1990

ETA 3 High End Telephone Analyzer 1980s, 1990s, 2000s

Audio Surveillance, Spy And Private-Eye Gear

Portable Dictograph Audio Amplifier, 1907

Gulton Accelerometer High End Wall Mic
Likely Used By Federal Intelligence Agents In The 1960's To 1970's

Military Grade Transmitter-Sender/Receiver 1940's/1950's

The Watergate Bug From The Nixon Watergate Affairs 1970's

The 1946/1952 Great Seal Bug Story

Covert Spy And Private-Eye Weapons

CIA Covert Handgun Built Into A Tire Gauge 1950's, 1960's

CIA Agent Sword Umbrella, 1940's, 1950s, 1960s

22 Caliber Double Barrel Derringer, 1866

Replica Of John Wilkes Booth Gun Used To Assassinate President Lincoln

Lincoln Assassination Reward Poster, 1865

Pinkerton Agent's Pocket Revolver, 1860's

Vehicle Tracking

Mark I And Mark V Bumper Beeper Surveillance System 1960's, 1970's

Septa Transit Authority Major Coin Theft Case And Bumper Beepers, 1970s
By Bill Mitchell

Investigative Report Writing

Investigative Report Writer- 1930's Royal Portable Typewriter

Communication

Telegraph Key And Sounder, 1850s, 1860s

Brief History Of The Telegram from Retro-Gram. Com

1930's Telephone-A Sign Of Luxury For It's Time

Police Radio Phone 1930's

White House/Kremlin Hotline Phone Vintage 1960's

Secret Phone Hidden In A Leather Top Wood Box, 1960's

Phone Booths And Pay Phones 1940's to 1980's

Authentic White House Telephone, 1970's

The First Computer Of The National Association Of Investigative Specialists, 1970's

NAIS Apple SE Computer, Early 1980's

NAIS MacPortable -Forerunner Of Today's Laptop Computers, 1989

Block Cell Phone 1970's, 1980's

Detective Agency Advertising

Pinkerton Detective Agency Jeweler's Security Alliance Protection Notice Sign 1800's

Sterling Secret Service, Detroit Advertisng Calander Disk 1925-1930's

Frederick Wagner Detective Agency Course Ad, 1914

Pinkerton's National Detective Agency Ad 1850 to 1963

Protective And Detective Association Horse Registration, Sept 19th, 1882

William J. Burns International Detective Agency, Wanted Notice, 1921

Advertising Agency Ruler, Holmes Detective Bureau, Est. 1928

$20,000 Pinkerton Reward Poster, Charlie Ross, Germantown, Pa. 1874

Globe Detective Agency Advertising Lighter, 1950's

Fingerprint Course From University of Applied Science, 1923

The Cold War

Vintage Cold War Radiation Detector

Fallout Shelter Sign

Checkpoint Charlie sign (in four languages)

The 1946/1952 Great Seal Bug Story

KGB Badge, ID, Patch And Headquarters Photo

Spy Portable Light Photo Table -Czechoslovakian Spy Gear

Kennedy/Khrushchev Letters During The Cuban Missile Crisis

An Ariel Photograph Of The National Security Agency

An Ariel Photo Of The CIA

A Short History Of The FBI

Facts And Figures About The FBI

History Of The CIA

Virtual Tour of the CIA

History Of The US Secret Service

A Tour Of The West Wing Of The White House By Ralph Thomas

Badge Collections For Investigators

Old Badge Replica Collection, Many From The 1800's

Rare And Limited Edition Badges From The Ralph Thomas Collection

Durand-Jackson Private Detective Agency Badge

Civil War Badges, Secret Service, War Department, 1860's

To ID Me Badge/Telegraph Security Badge, 1899

Highly Important Private Investigators

JJ Armes , My American Hero By Ralph Thomas

Nicholas R. Beltrante - PI To Important People In The World

Nick Harris And Nick Harris Detective Academy

Milo A Speriglio

Martin Kaiser, The Countermeasures Guy

Jim Rockford And The Rockford Files

Allen Pinkerton And Pinkerton's National Detective Agency

Pinkerton, Lincoln, Gen. McClernand Photo, 1862

Allen Pinkerton On Horseback, 1862

Allen Pinkerton And His Secret Service Photo, 1862

Allen Pinkerton Meeting With Civil War Intelligence Agents, 1862

Pinkerton Detective Agency Letterhead, 1880's

Pinkerton Telegraph To President Lincoln Dated in 1861

Pinkerton Wanted Poster, 1885

Pinkerton Detective Agency Bill for $442.22, 1910

Pinkerton National Detective Agency Reward Posters, 1906, 1906

Pinkerton Detective Agency Jeweler's Security Alliance Protection Notice Sign 1800's

Biography Of Allen Pinkerton-Father Of The American Private-Eye

The Early Pinkertons By Geoff Pinkerton (13 Chapters)

The First Private Eye

Library Of Congress -Holder Of Pinkerton Archives

The Baltimore Plot To Assassinate Abraham Lincoln - Originally published in Harper's New Monthly Magazine; June 1868

Allen Pinkerton And His Secret Role In The Underground Railroad

Allan Pinkerton (1819-1884) Grave, Graceland Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.

Kate Warne
Kate Warne First Female Private-Eye

Clara Barton
Clara Barton USA's First Missing Persons Investigator

Hal Lipset

•The Bug In The Martini Olive - From Murray Associates Web Site

•Original NAIS Announcement Of The Death Of Hal Lipset

• Hal Lipset, 78, Famous Sleuth, New York Times, Dec, 1997

Sherock Holmes

•Resume Of Sherlock Holmes From Sherlock Holmes Museum

• A Virtual Tour Of Sherlock Holmes Home On Baker Street

•Sherlock Holmes Baker Street Sign

Eugene Francois Vidocq

• The First Private-Eye Eugene Francois Vidocq (1775 - 1857)

The Holmes Detective Bureau Of New York City
The Holmes Detective Bureau Of New York City has been in continuous operation since 1928 and it in the same office that it was when it was founded. Their flash web site is quite interesting so take a look!

They now use the slogan.
"In New York State there are approximately 2,250 licensed
private investigator firms...only 10 can have " Detective " in
their company name. "

Click Here To Open The Presentation From The CIA Museum

Check Out The International Spy Museum In Washington DC
And Plan To Visit It When In The DC Area

The Sherlock Holmes Museum
221b Baker Street, London, England