Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. 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." 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. 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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