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Panorama of police officers standing on the field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a police inspection, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Police officers stand in rows across the width of the field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. They are viewed from above. The rows shorten in length as they extend back towards the left side of the field. A dirt track wraps around the field. In the foreground, stadium seating spans the lower left corner as it slopes down towards the field. A few spectators occupy the seats. Empty stadium seating stretches across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Panorama of police officers standing on the field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum during a police inspection, Los Angeles, 1927

Frank Shaw, Florencio Avila Sanchez, James Davis and Ricardo Hill meet in Shaw's office to discuss a radio broadcast by President Cardenas of Mexico, Los Angeles, 1936

Description:
Photograph of Frank Shaw (mayor of Los Angeles), Florencio Avila Sanchez (representative of the Mexican Senate), James Davis (Chief of Police) and Ricardo Hill (Mexican Consul) meet in Shaw's office to discuss a radio broadcast by President Cardenas of Mexico.
Date:
January 7, 1936
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Frank Shaw, Florencio Avila Sanchez, James Davis and Ricardo Hill meet in Shaw's office to discuss a radio broadcast by President Cardenas of Mexico, Los Angeles, 1936

Street car escorted by police during Los Angeles Railway strikes, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions. Members of the Los Angeles Railway Employees Association replaced strikers.
Date:
[circa November 23, 1934]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Street car escorted by police during Los Angeles Railway strikes, Los Angeles, 1934

Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
Chief James E. Davis stands in the near distance at center, on the Coliseum's field. He faces towards the left as he handles a rifle during inspection. Officers under inspection stand in a row to the left of Chief Davis. They face towards the right as the line extends back towards center. A second row of police officers is visible standing behind them at left. In the foreground at right, a few other officers stand with their backs to the camera. The stadium's seating lines the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Panorama (left half) of a police inspection at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
The track and field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum are viewed from the stands. The curve of the track passes across the bottom edge. Spectators sit in the stands lining the track in the lower left corner. Dozens of police vehicles line the inside curb of the track and face out towards camera. They follow the turn of the track from left and towards the right, extending out-of-frame. Farther back, the field stretches back through the stadium. Along the near edge of the field, four men stand with flags. Behind them, police officers stand in formation on the field. One of the track's straight-a ways lines the left edge of the field. At the far left side of the track, more people file through a tunnel and onto the track. Stands line the perimeter of the stadium as they stretch across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Panorama (left half) of a police inspection at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Detective Lieutenant George Hill shoots tear gas toward Los Angeles Railway strikers, Los Angeles, 1934

Description:
In November of 1934, members of the Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employees confronted the Los Angeles Railway Corporation to contract with their union in support of wage increases ad to operate under union rules. A strike followed when the union was challenged and railway operations were halted or slowed down on a number of occasions.
Date:
November 26, 1934
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Detective Lieutenant George Hill shoots tear gas toward Los Angeles Railway strikers, Los Angeles, 1934

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

Police Officers William Patterson and Steven Henzel thank nurses Louis Greiner, William Pearce, and Lila Strange as they leave the hospital to eat Christmas dinner at home, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
This photograph may be associated with the article, “POLICE PAIR GIVEN CHEER: Injured Officers in Hospital Weeks to Eat Christmas Dinners at Homes,” Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec. 1935: A12.
Date:
December 25, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Police Officers William Patterson and Steven Henzel thank nurses Louis Greiner, William Pearce, and Lila Strange as they leave the hospital to eat Christmas dinner at home, Los Angeles, 1935

Deputy Sheriff officers Jack Wilmot and C. E. Pealer, Los Angeles vicinity, 1932

Description:
From left to right, Jack Wilmot and C. E. Pealer, Deputy Sheriff officers, stand and look to the camera. They are viewed from the knees up and stand side-by-side at center. Officer Wilmot wears a necktie and holds a white had in one hand. Beside him, Officer Pealer dons a bow tie and holds a pair of handcuffs in his hand. A car sits behind them and extends out-of-frame at left. The exterior of a building stretches across the background.
Date:
[circa July 16, 1932]
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Deputy Sheriff officers Jack Wilmot and C. E. Pealer, Los Angeles vicinity, 1932

Jack Thomas, Robert McCracken, Louise Thomas, and Arthur Mott at the trial of Dr. Hugo Foss, Los Angeles, 1935

Description:
The four sit with their legs crossed in seats against the wall. Jack Thomas smiles into the camera, Robert McCracken obscures his face with his arm, Louise Thomas covers her mouth with a white cloth with one hand and holds a cigarette with the other, and Officer Mott smiles as he smokes a cigar.
Date:
December 19, 1935
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Jack Thomas, Robert McCracken, Louise Thomas, and Arthur Mott at the trial of Dr. Hugo Foss, Los Angeles, 1935

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

Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Description:
From left to right, Chief James E. Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They are viewed from a slight worm's-eye view. The two men walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. Chief Davis looks down as he inspects an officer's pistol. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and holding their pistols in front of them. Additional rows of officers under inspection are visible at far left. The stadium's seats stretch across the background.
Date:
May 2, 1927
Resource Type:
still image
Collection:
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
Chief Davis and Commissioner Birnbaum inspect police at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

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