Image / Captain John W. Hanby of the Sheriff's Lancaster station, Lancaster, 1938

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Title: Captain John W. Hanby of the Sheriff's Lancaster station, Lancaster, 1938
Date Created and/or Issued: December 30, 1938
1938-12-30
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.
Portrait photograph of John W. Hanby in his Sheriff's uniform, photographed from the chest up.
This photograph appears in "J. W. Hanby Retires Today: Sheriff's Lancaster Station Captain Ends 18-Year Service," Los Angeles Times, 02 Jan 1939: A3.
Text from newspaper caption: PEACE OFFICER. Capt. J. W. Hanby of Sheriff's office, who ends 18 years' service today.
Text from negative sleeve: 15478. -[stamp] JAN 27 1939. Dep. Sheriff Capt. Hanby. Retired. Dec. 30-38
Text on badge on hat: [eagle with spread wings at top of badge] LOS ANGELES COUNTY, SHERIFF, CAPTAIN
Text on badge on jacket, top to bottom: DEPUTY SHERIFF, CAPTAIN, [carved image of bear] SUBSTATION, LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_14815
ark:/21198/zz002j8gd8
Language: English
Subject: Police--Uniforms
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles County
Police--California--Los Angeles County
Retirements--California--Los Angeles
Police--Insignia
Hanby, John W., 1882-1959
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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