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Title: Badge, United States Customs Inspector, 1926
Date Created and/or Issued: 1926
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.
Close-up view of a round badge reading "U.S. Customs Inspector," with an eagle emblem above a shield of stars and stripes, photographed pinned to a card and leaning on books, with curtains in the background
This photograph appears with the article “Badge, Who Gotta Badge? What’s There About Symbol of Authority That Makes Its Wearer Puff Up Like a Pouter Pigeon? Why, Doncha Know, Connie? This is the Volstead Era.” Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 1926: A24.
Text from newspaper caption: U.S. Customs Inspector
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Badges, US. State, County, City
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: 0923
uclamss_1429_0923
ark:/21198/zz002db8zw
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Badges
United States. Division of Customs Medals, badges, decorations, etc
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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