Backstage shennanigans before the curtain rose pointed up the hilarious tempo of the annual Police Show, which had its premiere night in the Shrine Auditorium. Here Police Chief William H. Parker is having his dignity removed by the Hany Brothers, comic acrobats. Chief Parker is being boosted aloft by Phil (front), Al (left) and Harry (right). Photo dated: May 3, 1952.
Parker, William H.--(William Henry),--1902-1966 Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Shrine Auditorium (Los Angeles, Calif.) Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles Evening Herald Express photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine for North America
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