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Monte Montague and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz at a picnic in Luna Park, Los Angeles, 1931

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Title: Monte Montague and Sheriff Eugene Biscailuz at a picnic in Luna Park, Los Angeles, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued: June 21, 1931
1931-06-21
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Undersheriff Eugene Biscailuz (right) is participating in a skit alongside Monte Montague, an actor in the role of a Keystone cop, who seems to be playfully grabbing his neck. Picnic spectators sitting in benches alongside eucalyptus trees watch from behind. This was during the eighth annual Sheriff's Relief Association picnic. Monte Montague was an actor known for his roles in The Radio Detective (1926), A Western Demon (1922) and Clancy of the Mounted (1933). Photo appears with the article, "Undersheriff Gets "Taken" by Fly Cop: Picnic held by Sheriffs of County Barbecue Dinner with Speeches and Dancing Draws Officers, Friends," Los Angeles Times, 22 Jun. 1931: A1.
Handwritten on negative: Eugene Biscailuz
Text from newspaper caption: Monty [sic] Montague former Keystone cop gives Undersheriff Biscailuz an official hug.
Text from negative sleeve: Biscailuz, Eugene. Misc. shots.
Type: image
Format: b&w glass negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_b3694_G458
ark:/21198/z1z37rjj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Sheriff's--California--Los Angeles
Luna Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Picnics--California--Los Angeles
Montague, Monte, 1891-1959
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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