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Captain Owen J. Stroud, Eugene Wiggins, and Officer G.L. Rice, Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Description:
An embarrassed (Rance) Eugene Wiggins is held between fire fighter Owen J. Stroud and police officer G.L. (Gideon Lewis) Rice, immediately after being rescued. Wiggins had become stranded on a natural ledge within Chavez Ravine after he decided to go exploring in the formation. Wiggins was rescued by an emergency team that included Stroud and Rice. An unknown man stands in the background.
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Captain Owen J. Stroud, Eugene Wiggins, and Officer G.L. Rice, Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Emergency rescue team with ladder, rescuing Eugene Wiggins (obscured), Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Description:
View is taken from bottom of Chavez Ravine, looking up at natural ledge where 13-year-old (Rance) Eugene Wiggins was trapped. A team of rescue workers--firefighters and police--are supporting an extra long ladder aimed toward the ledge where Wiggins is obscured from view. A rescue worker stands on the highest rungs of the ladder, looking for Wiggins. The rescue team included people such as Officer G.L. (Giden Lewis) Rice and fire fighter Owen J. Stroud. The image is taken at night.
Date:
October 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Emergency rescue team with ladder, rescuing Eugene Wiggins (obscured), Chavez Ravine (Los Angeles), 1935

Scene of shootout between police and double murderer George Farley, Los Angeles, 1938

Description:
Los Angeles police officers and detectives in shootout with murderer George Farley in his Los Angeles Home. In an attempt so serve Farley eviction papers, T.D. Crittenden and his aide W. L. Romer were shot by Farley. The bodies of Crittenden and Romer are depicted in the distance. Tear gas can be seen billowing from the home and Detective Lieutenant Robert Underwood can be seen in the far right behind a car with his rifle drawn.
Date:
February 17, 1938
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Scene of shootout between police and double murderer George Farley, Los Angeles, 1938

Highland Park Police Station, Highland Park, 1926

Description:
The Highland Park Police Station is an institutional Renaissance Revival style building located at 6045 York Blvd. and is the city's oldest surviving police station. Built from 1925-1926, the station opened in April 1926. Closed in 1983, the station has been designated as a Historic Cultural Monument and listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is operated as the Los Angeles Police Museum (2012).
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Highland Park Police Station, Highland Park, 1926

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

Los Angeles police detective Charles Reimer sits at a desk filling out paperwork Los Angeles, 1926

Description:
Los Angeles police detective Charles Reimer fills out paperwork while sitting at a desk. Charles Reimer filed a charge against individuals for the fraudulent kidnapping case of Aimee Semple McPherson. Photograph appears with the article "Manufacturing of False Evidence Ascribed to Defendants in State's Formal Accusations: FELONIOUS PLOT CHARGED TO SEVEN IN COMPLAINT Lengthy Document Reviews Entire McPherson 'Kidnaping' History as Pointing to Conspiracy," Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 1926: 3.
Date:
1926
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Los Angeles police detective Charles Reimer sits at a desk filling out paperwork Los Angeles, 1926