Image / Newly chosen Chief of Police Lucius R. Orton, Oxnard, 1936

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Title: Newly chosen Chief of Police Lucius R. Orton, Oxnard, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 13, 1936
1936-02-13
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
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Chief Orton stands with one leg on a chair and one hand on his holster.
Photograph appears with the article, "New Chief at Oxnard," Los Angeles Times, 07 Feb 1936: A11.
In the light of former chief Joseph K. Kerrick's resignation on the grounds of mistreatment of prisoners, Orton was selected as his replacement.
Handwritten on negative: Lucius R. Orton
Text from negative sleeve: 3607 - Police chief Lucius R. Orton. of Oxnard. New police chief. 2/10/36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Chief Lucius R. Orton
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12696
ark:/21198/zz002hmrg7
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Firearms
Police--California--Oxnard
Orton, Lucius Robert, 1887-1944
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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