University of Applied Science
Finger Print And Secret Intelligence Service Course, 1923
This home-study material was a highly popular course that started thousands
of people on the road to the private investigative profession in the 1920's.
The course consisted of a book with 12 lessons in it on how to go into
the profession of "Secret Intelligence Service." Although the
title of the lose-leaf binding is "A Study Of Finger Prints",
only about half the lessons had anything to do with finger print technology.
The other course material consisted of how to conduct various types of
investigations in the 1920's. Private investigators of the time were often
called Secret Intelligence Agents. The course also included a can of white
dusting powder to check for prints, black powder or ink to take prints,an
old metal and wood roller for applying the ink, a glass used to check
for prints on, an original envelope from the University of Applied Science
as well as a test sheet with several finger prints. At this time, finger
print technology had just become of age and it was a big thing in the
1920's. Evidently, the University of Applied Science through the course
would sell much better if they gave a strong focus on the latest modern
detection and crime solving technique which was finger printing. The course
was sold through mail order by placing display and classified ads in various
magazines. They used a two-step method which means that the ads simply
asked you to write in for more information or a "free" sample
lesson.
The contents of the course consisted of the following lessons.
| Introduction Fingerprint Ridges Personal Elements Of The Successful Secret Service Operator Types Of Finger Print Patterns The Study Of Human Nature-Determining Motives Finger Print Central Pocket Loops A Sound Mind In A Sound Body How To Get Material Facts Tracing Shadowing Portrait Parle Or World Pictures Getting Into The Business Yourself Handling Particular Cases Part One Handling Particular Cases Part Two Forged, Raised And Bogus Checks Finger Print Ridge Counting Latent Finger Prints Developing Finger Prints Photography And Classification Photography And Sub-Classification Photography Part One Photography And Sub-Classification Photography Part Two Photography And Sub-Classification Photography Part Three |
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Some Magazine Ads From
The University of Applied Science That Ran From
The 1916's All The Way Though The 1970s'
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Below Ads)
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Some of the one column inch ads the company ran.
(Click Here For Blow-Ups Of The Above Ads) Some of the full page ads the company ran.
University of Applied Science Building In Chicago, 1920's
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The University of Applied Science who's address was 1920 Sunnyside Ave.,
Chicago, Ill., was started in 1916. I can remember seeing their ads in
the 1960's and 1970's in various detective and police newsstand magazines.
During this time period, they were still hyping finger printing techniques.
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The University of Applied
Science was started by T. Dickerson Cooke. He ran the business well
into the 1960's. We noted that T. Dickerson Cooke was a member of
the International
Association for Identification (IAI). We contacted their historian
they they provided us with the following information about Mr. Cooke
and his long and active membership in IAI. T. Dickerson Cooke and
his University of Applied Science is likely responsible for the
training of more private investigators and detectives in the private
sector from the years 1920 well into the 1960's than anyone in the
world. |
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