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FBI History — Part 8

38 pages · May 09, 2026 · Document date: Jan 1, 1932 · Broad topic: General · Topic: FBI History · 38 pages OCR'd
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at 7 “teoetves wore ‘than 2,200 Ftagergrtat © cards ‘each, 4s, revtying ee ; "ie Haetirtantion Walt the Beviatan of noetigatton 1s matntasnad at Washington, By Oop and mus eotebliohed on Puly ig 3924, fe operate as a national eleartng house of dentiftoation . date At the date of te inception, St depen with apprextantaly | $00,000 Fingerprint recerds watch hed enaprised the collections of - the bureau maintained at the Talted Etates Penitentiery, Leavonvorty » . Kansas, ond of the National Doreen af Criaina) Identictaatdony Wasbe taclony De Coy wh had beds porated by the Internationa) Assooin a ation ef Chiefs of Police, Rae Lie ta oy Aw wha eee sds hy. Since te estediishaest in 1924, the Ueatittoation oaks 7 of the Diviaton ef tnvestigation has hed 8 phenosnal previ ‘ere ing the fiscal year af 1934 alone, at received 358,24. erintnad ae Fingerprixt canis in efditien to applicant and civil records, ee | On duly 1, 1934, there vere 4,372,619 fingerprint ‘records = & aw file, representing the Largest and most ovaplete collection of. “ertatnal fingerprint reoords ef current velue exteting anywhere ia the worlds, ‘Tats Unit bow recetven eriataal identification date free Be | __ OeTI eoatributors ry the United ‘States kot fovetge, commtriaay xd oa oy each ‘of these carts within ‘3% hours, - fy wos The mjecte of evr 46 of a3l the prints recetvd are |
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