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Deputy Sheriff James J. Claxton displays his private gun collection, Los Angeles, 1935

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Title: Deputy Sheriff James J. Claxton displays his private gun collection, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued: December 25, 1935
1935-12-25
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.
James J. Claxton, Deputy Sheriff of Montrose, stands next to a table top where his private collection of guns and weapons are on display. He holds a pistol in his right hand.
Handwritten on negative: James J. Claxton
Text from negative sleeve: [handwritten:] 4206 --- James J. Claxton Dep. Sheriff of Montrose sub-station Private gun collection 12-25-35 [stmaped:] DEC 26 [...]
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_13248
ark:/21198/zz002hndhc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police--Uniforms
Weapons
Firearms
Police--California--Montrose
Claxton, James J
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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