Properties (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:Police_Department
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
labor disputes
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| gptkbp:culturalImpact |
depicted in literature
depicted in films depicted in television shows associated with crime fighting associated with espionage associated with the rise of law enforcement agencies associated with detective fiction associated with labor history associated with law enforcement associated with the Gilded Age associated with the rise of corporate security associated with the rise of detective agencies associated with the rise of private enterprise associated with the rise of private investigators associated with the rise of security firms associated_with_American_history associated_with_the_Industrial_Revolution associated_with_the_Wild_West |
| gptkbp:currentStatus |
operating as a security firm
|
| gptkbp:employs |
railroad companies
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| gptkbp:establishedIn |
1850
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| gptkbp:foundedBy |
gptkb:Allan_Pinkerton
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| gptkbp:headquarters |
gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
|
| gptkbp:historicalSignificance |
first private detective agency in the U.S.
|
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
Pinkerton agents
|
| gptkbp:involvedIn |
the_Great_Railroad_Strike_of_1877
|
| gptkbp:knownFor |
detective work
|
| gptkbp:legacy |
influenced modern private security
inspired fictional detectives |
| gptkbp:notableFeature |
gptkb:Jesse_James
gptkb:the_assassination_of_President_Lincoln's_conspirators gptkb:the_Pinkerton_National_Detective_Agency the_Molly_Maguires |
| gptkbp:notableFigures |
gptkb:Allan_Pinkerton
gptkb:Charles_Siringo gptkb:James_McParland William_J._Burns |
| gptkbp:notableFor |
tracking down outlaws
|
| gptkbp:operatesIn |
gptkb:United_States
|
| gptkbp:technique |
intelligence gathering
infiltration surveillance undercover operations |
| gptkbp:usedBy |
government agencies
|