Commissioner Birnbaum and Chief Davis walk between rows of police officers during an inspection at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, 1927

Title: Commissioner Birnbaum and Chief Davis walk between rows of police officers during an 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

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
From left to right, Commissioner Birnbaum and Chief James E. Davis walk on the field of Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum and towards camera during an inspection. They walk between 2 rows of police officers in the near distance at center. A few other officers follow behind them. The officers under inspection stand in 2 rows that stretch back towards center. They stand at attention, facing right, and hold rifles at their sides. The stadium's seats stretch across the background. Something is obscured along the right edge of the image.
Caption: Handwritten on negative: Chief Davis + [Commissio]ner Birnbaum inspecting police 5 2-27
Text from negative sleeve: LOS ANGELES, POLICE DEPT, INSPECTION, 1927

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Birnbaum, Isador William, d.1954
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.)

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_6144
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002cw9gw
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Rights Country: US
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