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Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

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Title: Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927
Date Created and/or Issued: May 2, 1927
1927-05-02
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
From left to right, Chief James E. Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They are viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. The two men walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. Chief Davis looks down as he inspects an officer's pistol. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and holding their pistols in front of them. Additional rows of officers under inspection are visible at far left. The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
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
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927
Handwritten on negative: Chief Davis + Commissioner Birnbaum inspecting Police - Coliseum - 5 - 2- 27
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_6145
ark:/21198/zz002cw9hd
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Inspections--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Firearms
Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Birnbaum, Isador William, d.1954
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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