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

Item Overview

Title

Chief Davis handles a firearm during the annual police inspection 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

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.
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

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927
Handwritten on negative: Chief Davis inspecting Police 5-2-27

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

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Longitude

34.014064

Latitude

-118.287635

Resource type

still image

Subjects

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