Skip to main content

Image / Gouverneur Morris, author, with a policeman, 1931

Have a question about this item?

Item information. View source record on contributor's website.

Title
Gouverneur Morris, author, with a policeman, 1931
Date Created and/or Issued
1931
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
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds.
Gouverneur Morris (left) stands next to an unidentified uniformed police officer. Morris looks somewhat disheveled with his hair mussed and a jacket only buttoned once. He wears a short striped tie. He stands in front of a cigarette vending machine.
Gouverneur Morris was the great grandson of founding father Gouverneur Morris, and an author of pulp fiction.
Handwritten on negative: Gouverneur Morris [includes an arrow pointing at the subject]
Text on vending machine: CIGARE[TTES]. MATCHES <-- 1 CENT
Text on negative sleeve: Morris, Gouverneur Writer 1931
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_6438
ark:/21198/zz002cwnms
Language
English
Subject
Police--Uniforms
Authors, American--20th century
Vending machines
Police
Authors--American--California
Morris, Gouverneur, 1876-1953
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

About the collections in Calisphere

Learn more about the collections in Calisphere. View our statement on digital primary resources.

Copyright, permissions, and use

If you're wondering about permissions and what you can do with this item, a good starting point is the "rights information" on this page. See our terms of use for more tips.

Share your story

Has Calisphere helped you advance your research, complete a project, or find something meaningful? We'd love to hear about it; please send us a message.

Explore related content on Calisphere: