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Title: James E. Davis, newly-appointed L.A. Chief of Police
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1933
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Photo shows James E. Davis (third from left), newly-appointed Los Angeles Chief of Police, shaking hands with Roy E. Steckel, whom he succeeds. This is done in the presence of members of the police commission, who accepted Steckel's resignation and appointed Davis. From left to right: Harry E. Munson, John B. Winston Jr., James E. Davis, Martin C. Neuner, Roy E. Steckel, Ray Kleinberger, almost hidden behind Steckel, and Harry C. Fryman.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00029829
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1981-Davis, James E.
CARL0000034399
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/7911
Subject: Davis, James E
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
Police--California--Los Angeles
Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles
Offices--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Group portraits
Time Period: 1931-1940

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