Genre: glass plate negatives / Location: Los Angeles (Calif.) / Subject: Police--California--Los Angeles - UCLA Library Digital Collections Search Results

Police officers on trial for bribery, Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Police officers on trial for accepting bribes, from left: Harry M. Hill, Leonard F. Sale and Thomas B. Washburn. Reported in "Three Policemen Arrested on Indictments for Accepting Bribes: SHERIFF SEEKS ANOTHER TRIO Heavy Guard Placed Around Home of Informer Machine-Gun Auto Feared Seeking McDonald Grand Jury Votes True Bills in Bootleg Graft," Los Angele Times, 12 Sep. 1929: A2.
Date:: 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Group portrait of five police officers, four of whom captured bank robbers, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Oscar Bayer (sitting on right) next to Bertrand M. Steventon. Standing left to right are Claude R. Weaver, Charles Meyers and Jack A. Stambler. Photo appears with article "CITY COMBED FOR BANDITS IN DEADLY GUN BATTLE: One Killed, Four Shot as Bank Robbery Ends in Pistol Battle Through Streets," Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 1925: 1. Image published in newspaper matted out Charles Meyers. The men are in a a medics office.
Date:: August, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Prohibition officer George Contreras with two unidentified men, Los Angeles, circa 1920

Description:: Los Angeles prohibition enforcement officer George Contreras sitting at his desk, with two other unidentified men.
Date:: [circa 1920]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Police officer Ray Cottle and Captain Clem Peoples reveal the old jail cell door, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Photograph appears with the article "BURIED BASTILLE DOORS OPENED AGAIN: Office Alterations Expose Barriers Used Fifty Years Ago," Los Angeles Times, 04 Dec. 1929: A11.
Date:: December 3, 1929
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Los Angeles Vice Squad Capt. W. E. Weyerman sitting at his desk, Los Angeles, 1929

Description:: Photo appears with article "Capt. Weverman Succeeds Plummer in "Hot Spot" At Central Station," Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb 1929: 8.
Date:: [circa February 11, 1929]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Three plain-clothed police men crouched behind a car aiming their guns, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:: Three plain-clothed police men are crouched behind an unmarked Chrysler police car aiming their guns. The two men closest to the camera each wield machine guns of differing lengths. The man closest to the camera is Officer Oscar Bayer. The man furthest from the camera, nearly standing straight up, holds a revolver. The car's license plate reads "E17652." The car is parked in a lot with two billboards stationed. The billboard on the left reads "More Room - More Comfort More Value," advertising Dodge Brothers Motor Cars. The billboard on the right is an advertisement for Lucky Strike Cigarettes.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Group portrait of five police officers, four of whom captured bank robbers, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Oscar Bayer (sitting on right) next to Bertrand M. Steventon. Standing left to right are Claude R. Weaver, Charles Meyers and Jack A. Stambler. Image published in newspaper matted out Charles Meyers. The men are in a medics office.
Date:: [between August-September 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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I. W. Birnbaum, Police Commissioner, Los Angeles, 1923

Description:: I. W. Birnbaum seated on a wicker garden bench beside potted plants.
Date:: 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Policemen with the briefcase bomb used in an attempted bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Two Los Angeles policemen displaying the briefcase bomb Timothy P. Blevins used in an attempted bank robbery. A message is written on the inner lid of the box: "The black owl will [?] you death! Don't [?]"
Date:: December 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Reenactment of a robbery at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1923

Description:: Police officers and bank staff reenacting the August 21, 1923 robbery of Belvedere State Bank in East Los Angeles.
Date:: August 21, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Police detective E. Raymond Cato and two other men posing with guns, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:: Police detective E. Raymond Cato and two other men posing with guns. They are standing in front of a gun rack.
Date:: [circa 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Banquet for police chief August Vollmer, Los Angeles, 1923-1924

Description:: August Vollmer (center) stands at a banquet table. Seated guests include, from left, district attorney Asa Keyes), W. K. Fuller, W. W. Mines and Mario Hellman. Vollmer was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1923 to 1924.
Date:: 1923-1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Banquet for police chief August Vollmer, Los Angeles, 1923-1924

Description:: August Vollmer (center) stands at a banquet table. Seated guests include, from left, district attorney Asa Keyes), W. K. Fuller, W. W. Mines and Mario Hellman. Vollmer was the chief of the Los Angeles Police Department from 1923 to 1924.
Date:: 1923-1924
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Percy A. Ackley preaches, Los Angeles, 1930

Description:: Percy A. Ackley, policeman, standing with a bible in his left hand and his right fist raised as he preaches. Reported, with a similar photograph, in "POLICEMAN STUDYING TO BECOME MINISTER," Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 1930: A6.
Date:: September 28, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Joseph Taylor Chief of Detectives in a group portrait, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Group portrait of men gathered at the desk of on older man. Chief Detective Joe Taylor is among them, 3rd from left. This photograph is related to the investigation of the double murder committed by Winnie Ruth Judd.
Date:: 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chief of Police James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Chief of Police James E. Davis standing against a wall, holding a hat in his hand. Davis was the Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926 to 1929 and 1933 to 1936.
Date:: 1920-1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Chief of Police James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1920s

Description:: Los Angeles Chief of Police James E. Davis standing against a wall. Davis was the Los Angeles Chief of Police from 1926 to 1929 and 1933 to 1936.
Date:: 1920-1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Winnie Ruth Judd, murder suspect, outside a holding cell the day she surrendered, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Outside of a holding cell, from the left, Winnie Ruth Judd; an unidentified man; her husband Dr. William C. Judd; and Joseph Taylor, Chief of Detectives.
Date:: October 23, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lieutenant Detective Eugene Bechtel with murder weapons used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Police Find Lethal Instruments," Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 8.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Lieutenant Detective Eugene Bechtel with murder weapons used by Winnie Ruth Judd, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Police Find Lethal Instruments," Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 1931: 8.
Date:: [circa October 20, 1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Police detective Edward "Eddie" P. Nolan sitting in chair, charged with murder, Los Angeles, circa 1931

Description:: Eddie Nolan was charged and convicted for the murder of Grace Murphy Duncan.
Date:: [Between June 1931 - November,1931]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Traffic officer R. W. Olson with a briefcase bomb used in an attempted bank robbery, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Traffic officer R. W. Olson standing behind the briefcase bomb that Timothy P. Blevins used in an attempted bank robbery. Photo appears with the article, "Spring Street Banker Frustrated Bomber who Demands $100,000 in Death Threat," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jan. 1932: A.
Date:: December 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Policeman Oscar Bayer receiving cash from commissioner Birnbaum and Deputy Chief Heath, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Three men stand behind a desk in a luxurious office. Uniformed policeman Oscar Bayer looks down at seven bills commissioner Birnbaum hands him. Deputy Chief Cleveland Heath stands left, looking off-camera.
Date:: [between August-September 1925]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Consuela Blevins seated next to a Los Angeles policeman, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: Consuela Blevins, wife of Timothy P. Blevins, seated next to a Los Angeles policeman. They are both seated at a desk, staring at the camera. Ms. Cornelia Blevins is wearing a fur coat and hat and the policeman is wearing a white shirt and has an open vest. Related to the article, "Wife Refutes Suspects Tale: Asserted Bank Bandit Seen Recently, She Asserts Details of Last Call Paid Husband recounted Blevin's Story about Baby Just Called Fiction," Los Angeles Times, 03 Jan. 1932: 2.
Date:: December 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Secretary to the Chief of Police Ralph S. Boyesen seated at the head of a full table surrounded by men, Los Angeles , 1923

Description:: Secretary to the Chief of Police Ralph S. Stewart seated at one end of a fully seated table. He has his hands on the table and is staring at the man seated at the other end of the table. The table is full of papers and legal notepads. Standing men surround the table.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Los Angeles detective and briefcase bomb suspect Timothy P. Blevins, Los Angeles, 1931

Description:: A Los Angeles detective seated next to briefcase bomb suspect, Timothy P. Blevins. Mr. Blevins is looking down with his eyes closed. Photo appears with the article, "Spring Street Banker Frustrated Bomber who Demands $100,000 in Death Threat," Los Angeles Times, 01 Jan. 1932: A.
Date:: December 31, 1931
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Policeman Oscar Bayer in a medic's office, Los Angeles, 1925

Description:: Los Angeles motorcycle police officer Oscar Bayer in his police uniform. He sits in front of a cabinet containing glass shelves of medical instruments. Bayer "wrote a page of police history," when he raced after five bank robbers traveling by car, took three bullets, and still bested the shooters. This image appears with the article "Hail Bayer Fightin' Hero...," Los Angeles Times, 23 Aug. 1925: 2.
Date:: August 22, 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Two policemen in car aiming machine guns out window, Los Angeles, circa 1925

Description:: Two plain-clothed policemen, seated in an unmarked Chrysler police car, aim machine guns out the car window. It is unclear if they are pointing at an actual target or if these photos are simply posed. The car is parked in a lot and several billboards are on the wall behind them.
Date:: 1925
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Reenactment of a robbery at Belvedere State Bank, Belvedere Heights (Los Angeles), 1923

Description:: Police officers and bank staff reenacting the August 21, 1923 robbery of Belvedere State Bank in East Los Angeles. A man is reenacting climbing over the counter. This photograph may be related to the article, "Police Trail Bank Bandits: Belvedere Robbers Sighted Near Pasadena; Gang Gets $20,000; Member Shot by Bystander," Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 1923: II1.
Date:: August 21, 1923
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

William H. Behrendt, police captain, Los Angeles, circa 1930

Description:: Photo appears with the article "Attempts Suicide: POLICE OFFICER WOUNDS SELF Inspector Behrendt, "Tired of It All," Los Angeles Times, Aug. 23, 1934: A1.
Date:: [circa 1930]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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