Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Police Chief Blair is quoted in the article, "Southland Stunned by Tragic Plane Deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post: Gestures of Reverence Bear Witness to Grief. Film Colony, Official Circles and Lay Public Pay Tribute to Widely-Beloved Pair," Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 1935. Full collage captured in image ark no. 21198/zz002ddxdp. Photograph of Police Chief Charles C. Blair, pointing at a photo of Will Rogers with eight police officers (one presumably being Blair when he was a patrolman). The photo is part of a framed collage. Caption below photos reads: "Mayor Will Rogers Inspecting His Police and Fire Department, Beverly Hills, Calif. Mar. 6th 1927." Handwritten on negative: Chas. C. Blair. 8/16/35. Text from negative sleeve: 1758. Chas. Blair. Chief Police Beverly Hills. 8/16/35. [Stamped:] Aug 27 1935.
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10148 ark:/21198/zz002ddxc5
Language
English
Subject
Police--California--Beverly Hills Blair, Charles Coutts, 1884-1946 Rogers, Will, 1879-1935
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