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Martin G. Aguirre and Frank Dewar seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 1920-1929

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Title: Martin G. Aguirre and Frank Dewar seated at a desk, Los Angeles, 1920-1929
Date Created and/or Issued: [between 1920 and 1929?]
1920/1929
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.
Three men sit at a desk, inspecting papers. From left to right, former sheriff Martin G. Aguirre, Chief Deputy Sheriff Frank Dewar, and and an unidentified man.
Martin G. Aguirre was appointed Los Angeles County Sheriff in 1887 and then elected Warden of San Quentin Prison in 1899. He was regarded as one of the last old-time California sheriffs.
Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten] Aguirre, Martin L.A. Sheriff
Handwritten on negative: L to R, Martin G Aguirre, Frank Dewar, Bill [illegible]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_11061
ark:/21198/zz002h916x
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Law enforcement officers--California--Los Angeles
Suits (Clothing)
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Aguirre, Martin G., 1858-1929
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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