#54 Patrol Wagon, 1895. This horse-drawn wagon was the police department’s first vehicle. Dubbed the ‘Black Maria’, it served as prisoner transport and ambulance.

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Patrol Wagon, 1895. This horse-drawn wagon was the police department’s first vehicle. Dubbed the ‘Black Maria’, it served as prisoner transport and ambulance.

What Sacramento, CA, looked like in the 1890s

#54 Patrol Wagon, 1895. This horse-drawn wagon was the police department’s first vehicle. Dubbed the ‘Black Maria’, it served as prisoner transport and ambulance.

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