Attorneys John C. Packard and James M. Carter with miner John Langan, Los Angeles, 1936

Item Overview

Title

Attorneys John C. Packard and James M. Carter with miner John Langan, Los Angeles, 1936

Date Created

February 21, 1936

Date

1936-02-21

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Language

No linguistic content

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

James M. Carter stands with a cigarette in his hand, leaning onto the desk where John C. Packard and John Langan are seated. Documents, books, a telephone, and an ashtray are seen on the desk.
The legality of the Los Angeles Police Department's border patrol was brought into question when American miner John Langan was apprehended at the Arizona state line. Police Chief Jim Davis had proposed labor camps and similar actions to curb immigration and influx of vagrants and thus increased security. Langan brought charges of $5,000 for wrongful apprehension but later dropped the charges and praised border patrol.
The date used in this record reference the negative sleeve. However, relevant articles were published on varying dates, including: February 20, March 11, March 25, and March 31, 1936.

Caption

Handwritten on negative sleeve: Attny. James M. Carter, Attny. John C. Packard, John Langan
Text from negative sleeve: 3889---- LtR- Atty x James M. Carter Atty. John C. Packard for John Langan (mining man, former film director) Chief Jom Davis suit re border patrol 2-21-36 [stamped:] MAR 10

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Carter, James M.
Langan, John
Packard, John C.

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Law & legal affairs--California--Los Angeles
Border security--California