Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. This photograph appears with the article, "In Ireland, Begorrah a Cop's a Cop and Not a Gun, Says O'Duffy," Los Angeles Times, 28 Jul 1932: A1. Police Chief Roy Steckel (left), in uniform, shakes hands with General Eoin O'Duffy, police commissioner of the Irish Free State. A framed landscape painting hangs on the back wall and Steckel stands besides an American flag. Eoin O'Duffy was an early member of Sinn Fein and an active member of the Irish Republican Army. He was the second police commissioner of the Garda Siochana and fought in the Irish and Spanish Civil Wars. Text on negative sleeve: Steckel, Roy. Police Chief. [handwritten:] Historical L.A. Handwritten on negative: Roy Steckel & Eoin O'Duffy
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_11606 ark:/21198/zz002h9pb5
Subject
Flags--American Police--California--Los Angeles Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles Landscape paintings Fascists Police--Ireland Police--Uniforms O'Duffy, Eoin Steckel, Roy E., Edmund, 1887-1950
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection OpenUCLA Collections
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