J. J. Engbrecht, Sergeant Joseph O. Dircks, Sergeant M. E. Wheeler, Motor Officer Lee J. Young and Detective Lieutenant Emmett E. Jones surround Chief of Police James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1936

Title: J. J. Engbrecht, Sergeant Joseph O. Dircks, Sergeant M. E. Wheeler, Motor Officer Lee J. Young and Detective Lieutenant Emmett E. Jones surround Chief of Police James E. Davis, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created: March 28, 1936
Date: 1936-03-28
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description: Five smiling police officers, mostly dressed in uniform, each hold a large trophy surrounding a seated Chief of Police Davis, who smiles back.
Five gold trophies were awarded to the LAPD officers at the national midwinter pistol tournament in Tampa, Florida, where they won eight out of eleven championship matches.
Photograph appears with the article, "Police Display Trophies Won at Shoot," Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar 1936: A1.
Caption: Text from newspaper caption: Champions all, the Los Angeles Police Department pistol team returned yesterday from the national midwinter pistol tournament at Tampa, Fla., and filled the office of Chief of Police Davis with glittering trophies. Clustered about the chief, with the trophies, left to right, are J. J. Engbrecht, Sergt. Joseph O. Dircks, Sergt. M. E. Wheeler, Motor Officer Lee J. Young and Detective Lieutenant Emmett E. Jones.
Text from negative sleeve: 4561 - LtR- J. J. Engbrecht Sgt. Joseph Ox Dircks Sgt. M.E. Wheeler Motor Officer Lee J. Young Det. Lt. Emmet E. Jones Police Pistol Team 3-27-36 [stamped:] Apr 1-1936

Genre: cellulose nitrate film
news photographs
Names: Dircks, Joseph O., (Sergeant)
Jones, Emmett E., b. 1900
Wheeler, M.E.
Davis, James E. (James Edgar), 1889-1949
Engbrecht, J.J. b. ca. 1902-2004
Young, Lee J. b. ca. 1900-1985
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Police--California--Los Angeles
Uniforms
Detectives--California--Los Angeles
Awards

Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclamss_1429_13757
ARK: ark:/21198/zz002j76xq
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