Chief Davis inspecting police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Item Overview

Title

Chief Davis inspecting police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Date Created

[May 2, 1927]

Date

1927-05-02

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

This photograph is related to the event described in the article, “Public Police Inspection Set for This Year,” Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 1927: A11
Chief James E. Davis stands in the near distance at center, on the Coliseum's field. He faces towards the left as he reaches out to inspect the firearm of a police officer. The officer under inspection stands at the front of the row, facing right and holding his firearm in front of him. A line of officers extends directly behind him. Their shadows cast towards the right. Behind the row that stretches back at center, another line of police officers stands behind them at left. They all hold up their firearms for inspection. In the foreground and along the right edge, two officers stand with their backs to the camera. The stadium's seating lines the background.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927
Handwritten on negative: Chief Davis inspecting police at Coliseum

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.014064

Latitude

-118.287635

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Firearms
Police--California--Los Angeles
Inspections--California--Los Angeles
Exposition Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)