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Allan Pinkerton

Allan Pinkerton. By Craig Howard And Jamie Law. Fact File. Name: Allan Pinkerton DOB:August 25, 1819(1819-08-25) DOD:July 1, 1884 (aged 64) Occupation: Detective and spy. Continued. Known for : creating the Pinkerton Agency Served in the Union Army

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Allan Pinkerton

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  1. Allan Pinkerton By Craig Howard And Jamie Law

  2. Fact File • Name: Allan Pinkerton • DOB:August 25, 1819(1819-08-25) • DOD:July 1, 1884 (aged 64) • Occupation: Detective and spy

  3. 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.

  4. 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 World’s 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

  5. 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

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