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Title
Chief of Police James Davis poses with his current secretary Margaret R. Connor and former secretary Alida C. Bower, Los Angeles, 1935
Date Created and/or Issued
December 29, 1935
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.
Photograph appears with the article, "Indians Want to Get Off Relief, Says Agency Head," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1935: A2.
Chief Davis stands behind Bowler with both hands on the back of her hand while she talks to Connor seated on an ottoman.
The visiting Alida Bowler describes what the government is doing to rehabilitate Indians by restocking their cattle herds, taking an interest in their arts and crafts and coordinating their studies of herbs with the University of Nevada's experimental gardens.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Alida C Bowler James Davis Margaret R Connor
Text from newspaper caption: Alida C. Bowler, left, former secretary to Chief of Police Davis, center, met his present secretary, Margaret R. Connor, yesterday morning when they and a number of friends were entertained at breakfast in Elysian Park by Chief Davis.
Text from negative sleeve: 4227 - Margaret R. Connor (current Davis sec'y) (Chief) James Davis Alida C. Bowler (former Davis sec'y, now Head of Carson Indian Agency, being honored by Davis @ breakfast Elysian Park Club) 1 Smokey
Type
Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_13273
ark:/21198/zz002hnfcs
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Office workers--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Bowler, Alida C
Connor, Margaret R., b. 1889
Source
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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