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
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. This photograph is related to the event described in the article, “Public Police Inspection Set for This Year,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1927: A11 Chief James E. Davis stands in the near distance at center, on the Coliseum's field. He faces towards the left as he handles a rifle during inspection. Officers under inspection stand in a row to the left of Chief Davis. They face towards the right as the line extends back towards center. A second row of police officers is visible standing behind them at left. In the foreground at right, a few other officers stand with their backs to the camera. The stadium's seating lines the background. Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927 Handwritten on negative: Chief Davis inspecting Police 5-2-27
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6143 ark:/21198/zz002cw9fc
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Firearms Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.) Inspections--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
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