Chief of Police James Davis poses with his current secretary Margaret R. Connor and former secretary Alida C. Bower, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Chief of Police James Davis poses with his current secretary Margaret R. Connor and former secretary Alida C. Bower, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

December 29, 1935

Date

1935-12-29

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph appears with the article, "Indians Want to Get Off Relief, Says Agency Head," Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec 1935: A2.
Chief Davis stands behind Bowler with both hands on the back of her hand while she talks to Connor seated on an ottoman.
The visiting Alida Bowler describes what the government is doing to rehabilitate Indians by restocking their cattle herds, taking an interest in their arts and crafts and coordinating their studies of herbs with the University of Nevada's experimental gardens.

Caption

Text from newspaper caption: Alida C. Bowler, left, former secretary to Chief of Police Davis, center, met his present secretary, Margaret R. Connor, yesterday morning when they and a number of friends were entertained at breakfast in Elysian Park by Chief Davis.
Handwritten on negative: Miss Alida C Bowler James Davis Margaret R Connor
Text from negative sleeve: 4227 - Margaret R. Connor (current Davis sec'y) (Chief) James Davis Alida C. Bowler (former Davis sec'y, now Head of Carson Indian Agency, being honored by Davis @ breakfast Elysian Park Club) 1 Smokey

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Connor, Margaret R., b. 1889
Bowler, Alida C.
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Office workers--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles