Beverly Hills Police Chief Charles Blair, Beverly Hills, 1935

Description: Police Chief Blair is quoted in the article, "Southland Stunned by Tragic Plane Deaths of Will Rogers and Wiley Post: Gestures of Reverence Bear Witness to Grief. Film Colony, Official Circles and Lay Public Pay Tribute to Widely-Beloved Pair," Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 1935.
Police Chief Charles C. Blair standing next to a framed collage of seven photographs featuring Will Rogers and members of the Beverly Hills Police and Fire Departments. The photos were taken when Blair was a patrolman. Caption below photos reads: "Mayor Will Rogers Inspecting His Police and Fire Department, Beverly Hills, Calif. Mar. 6th 1927." Blair is photographed in an office with maps of Beverly Hills seen on the wall and on the surface on which the framed collage rests.
Caption: Text from negative sleeve: 1758. Chas. Blair. Chief Police Beverly Hills. 8/16/35. [Stamped:] Aug 27 1935.
Handwritten on negative: Chas. C. Blair. 8/16/35.

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