Allan Pinkerton

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Allan Pinkerton

• By Craig Howard
• And Jamie Law

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Fact File

• Name Allan Pinkerton
• DOBAugust 25, 1819(1819-08-25)
• DODJuly 1, 1884 (aged 64)
• Occupation Detective and spy

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Continued..

• Known for creating the Pinkerton Agency
• Served in the Union Army
• After he died, his agency was continued
• He arrested Rose O'Neal Greenhow, an
  actress/Confederate spy, by looking through her
  window.

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1855 Allan Pinkerton formed the North West
Police Agency to provide protection for 6
Midwestern railroad companies
1964 The Pinkerton Company was awarded the
largest single security contract on record, the
New York Worlds Fair
Timeline
1857 Pinkerton formed the Pinkerton Protection
Patrol to provide watchman services, thus
starting the first contract uniform guard company
in the U.S.
1850 Allan Pinkerton started his detective
agency in Chicago First manufactured safes were
cast iron boxes with weak locking devices
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Achievements

• Met Abraham Lincoln
• First security company to have a gross income of
  1 million Dollars per year.
• Provided security for 6 railroads for several
  years