Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Police Commissioner Thomas Walkup seated at desk, holding a stick-like object in one hand and a cigarette in a cigarette holder in the other. Beside him is Edward Ward, seated in a chair and wearing sunglasses. This photograph was possibly taken when Walkup and Ward testified before a grand jury on June 28, 1932 about the 1930 frame-up of Walkup. Possibly related to the article, "GRAND JURORS QUESTION WARD: Key Man in "Frame Up" of Walkup Tells Story Mayor, Secretary Mosher and Prosecutor Called Transcript of First Trial Read at Hearing," Los Angeles Times, 29 Jun. 1932: A2. Text from negative sleeve: Walkup, Thomas, 130 Police. Comm. Handwritten on negative: L&R- Walkup + Edward Ward.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_4441 ark:/21198/zz002cq7h6
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Witnesses--California--Los Angeles Investigation--California--Los Angeles Ward, Edward Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Commission--Officials and employees Walkup, Thomas, 1871-1942
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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