• Title
  Frank Fahy - Scrapbook of an undercover policeman, 1920-1952.
• Creator
  Frank Fahy, 1896-1978
• Call number
  MLMSS 7198
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1920-1952
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Photographs, Clippings
• Reference code
  414161
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : CY 4282, frames 1-203 (MLMSS 7198). See also digital copies opposite, of 8 selected pages from the scrapbook.
  
• Physical Description
  0.18 metres of textual material (1 box)
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  Frank Fahy served with the NSW Police Force, 1920-1952. As an undercover policeman he was known as 'The Shadow'.
• Scope and Content
  Scrapbook containing newscuttings and photographs documenting the Sydney criminal underworld.
• Access Conditions
  Restricted: Access requires a signed undertaking not to make any use of information contained therein, in conversation or in writing, that could cause pain or embarrassment to any living person.
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment - Due to fragility of original. Microfilm to be issued. CY 4282
• General note
  
  See 'The Shadow: the amazing exploits of Frank Fahy' by Vince Kelly, 1954.
  Preservation microfilm copy (CY 4282) made Mar. 2003.
  Digital order no:Album ID : 823463
• Name
  Devine, Tilly
  
• Subject
  Dugan, Darcy, 1920-1991.
  Criminals--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Police--New South Wales--Sydney.
  Prostitution--New South Wales--Sydney.
  
• Exhibited in
  
  National treasures from Australia's great libraries - Council of Australian State Libraries (1 December, 2005 - 31 December, 2006)
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE1061589

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