Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Possibly related to "Police Captain is Honored: Twenty Years of Service by David L. Adams Commemorated by Gift from Associates," Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec 1923: II14. In honor of serving twenty years with the Los Angeles Police Department, Captain D. L. Adams's friends and associates gifted him with a gold, platinum, and diamond studded badge. Captain David L. Adams submitted paperwork to retire from the Los Angeles Police Department in 1924, but then was made Chief of Police of Newport Beach in 1926. Captain D. L. Adams stands in uniform, holding a badge in his left hand. He is looking at the badge. Text from negative sleeve: Adams, D. L. Capt. Police Dept. (deteriorating) + loose corner Handwritten on negative: Capt. D. L. Adams
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11051 ark:/21198/zz002h90v8
Subject
Police--California--Los Angeles Police--Uniforms Adams, D. L. (David L.), 1872-
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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