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Title: Chief Davis ranks as second best pistol shot
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1928
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: Photo of Chief James E. Davis who ranks as the second best pistol shot in the United States. He scored 371 out of a possible 400 in nation-wide contests conducted by the National Rifle association. He is noted as one of the most expert marksmen in the country and winner of shooting championships. His favorite pastimes are trout fishing and hunting. Photo was taken on June 16, 1928.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00028065
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1981-Davis, James E.
CARL0000030747
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/10143
Subject: Davis, James E
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
National Rifle Association of America
Police--California--Los Angeles
Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles
Pistols
Hunting
Trout fishing
Shooting
Shooters of firearms
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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