Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Deputy County Counsel S.V.O. Prichard with guns collected as trial evidence, 1933

Item Overview

Title

Los Angeles County sheriff Eugene Biscailuz and Deputy County Counsel S.V.O. Prichard with guns collected as trial evidence, 1933

Date Created

January 26, 1933

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Eugene Biscailuz, holding pistol in right hand, and S.V.O. Prichard, supporting muzzle with right hand, holding another small gun in his left hand, both in suits and ties, standing behind table piled with 6 baskets, 5 baskets turned sideways to display and spill out about 100 handguns, each with hanging evidence tag, with about 20 rifles in foreground leaning on table, each with hanging evidence tag, with wall with map and photographs in background, sign at upper right reading EXPLOSIVES.
A similar photograph appears with the article “Great Guns Problem Faced, Disposal Puzzles County Officials.” Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 1935: A1
Correct spelling of counsel's name is probably Prichard

Caption

Handwritten at edge of negative: LtoR - Eugene Biscaluz [sic] & Dep. Co. Con. Pritchard
Text from nitrate negative sleeve: Biscailuz, Eugene & Dept. Counsel Pritchard

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Subjects

Handguns
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Rifles

Names

Prichard, S. V. O. (Samuel V. O.), 1894-1970
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969

Resource type

still image