Image / File photo of Detective Lieutenant Frank "Lefty" James, Los Angeles, 1939?

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Title: File photo of Detective Lieutenant Frank "Lefty" James, Los Angeles, 1939?
Date Created and/or Issued: [1939?]
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.
File photograph of Detective Lieutenant Frank "Lefty" James, who served with the Los Angeles Police Department between 1919 and 1939, until his retirement.
Similar photograph published with article, "Lefty James, Officer, Quits -- Retiring Policeman Gained Reputation as Foe of Gangsters," Los Angeles Times, 15 Apr. 1939: A1.
Text on negative sleeve: James, Frank (Lefty); Detective Lieutenant
Text on note on negative: Frank "Lefty: James, AP Photo
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_9790
ark:/21198/zz002dhxfj
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles
James, Frank L., ca. 1890-1959
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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