File photo of Capt. [later Chief of Police] Clemence B. Horrall, Los Angeles, [1934-1939]

Item Overview

Title

File photo of Capt. [later Chief of Police] Clemence B. Horrall, Los Angeles, [1934-1939]

Date Created

[Between 1934 and 1939]

Date

1934/1939

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

File photo by the American Press Association of Capt. C. B. Horrall of the Los Angeles Police Department. Capt. Horrall had a long career in the police department. In 1934, he was called to Honolulu to assist the local police in reorganization. In 1938, amidst a shake up in the police department, Capt. Horrall was promoted to the post of Vice Squad Head. In 1941, he was made chief of the LAPD. In 1949, he resigned under allegations of perjury in the infamous Brenda Allen vice scandal. This photograph was taken while he was still captain, between 1934 and 1939.
Photograph possibly used in: "Local Police in Demand," Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 1934: A5; and, "Pay-off Traced to Former High Officials," Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 1938: 1.

Caption

Text on negative sleeve: Horrall, C. B. Capt. [handwritten on post-it below] damaged (try to scan)
Identification on negative: Capt. C. B. Harroll AP Photo

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
Portrait photographs
news photographs

Names

Horrall, Clemence B., 1895-1960

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Police chiefs--California--Los Angeles