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Police Gazette

This article is about the American magazine The National Police Gazette. For other uses, see Police Gazette (disambiguation)
Police Gazette (disambiguation)

Police Gazette, or some variation thereof has been the title of several publications:*The Police Gazette , first published in 1772*Police Gazette , the working title of James Ellroy's next novel, a sequel to American Tabloid and The Cold Six Thousand...
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A publication in the United States

United States

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by this name was officially The National Police Gazette, although commonly referred to as simply the Police Gazette.

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A publication in the United States

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booster. The editor for most of the 19th century was Richard K. Fox, an immigrant from Ireland

Ireland

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. Ostensibly devoted to matters of interest to the police

Police

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, it was more often a tabloid

Tabloid

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-like publication, with lurid coverage of murder

Murder

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s, Wild West outlaws, and sport

Sport

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. It was well known for its engravings and photographs of scantily clad strippers

Striptease

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, burlesque

Burlesque

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dancers, and prostitutes, often skirting on the edge of what was legally considered obscenity

Obscenity

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. The National Police Gazette enjoyed considerable popularity in the late 19th century and early decades of the 20th century; but its popularity decreased during the Great Depression

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. It continued publishing until 1982.

Musician Dan Hicks

Dan Hicks

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has claimed that he derived inspiration for some of his witty, satiric lyrics by stories he had read in The Police Gazette.

The website, www.policegazette.us, mimics the Police Gazette style in coverage of current events and contains some archival materials from the original publication that give a taste of its late 19th century flavor.