Mexican Consul Ricardo Hill attends as General Saturnino Cedillo presents dueling pistols to Sherriff James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Mexican Consul Ricardo Hill attends as General Saturnino Cedillo presents dueling pistols to Sherriff James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

Decmber 4, 1935

Date

1935-12-04

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Mexican consul Ricardo Hill attends as General Saturnino Cedillo presents dueling pistols to Sherriff James E. Davis at a luncheon at the police pistol range in Elysian Park (now the Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club).
Photograph appears with the article, "Davis Given Old Pistols: Gen. Cedillo of Mexico Presents Chief With Duelling [sic] Guns," Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 1935: A1.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3043. James E. Davis. Ricardo Hill. Gen. Saturnino Cedillo. Mexican Sect of Agriculture. 12-5-35. [Stamped:] Dec 11 1935.
Handwritten on negative: James E. Davis. Ricardo Hill. Gen. Saturnino Cedillo. 12-5-35.
Text from newspaper caption: Chief of Police Davis yesterday became the owner of a brace of dueling pistols dating from Napoleon's time and for years the prized possessions of the Cedillo family of Mexico. Gen. Saturnino Cedillo is presenting the weapons to Davis as Mexican Consul Ricardo Hills looks on.

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Cedillo, Saturnino
Los Angeles Police Revolver and Athletic Club
Hill, Ricardo G. (Ricardo Guillermo), b. 1903 or 04
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.082047

Latitude

-118.24195

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Consuls--Mexican--California--Los Angeles
Handguns
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Generals--Mexican--California--Los Angeles