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Los Angeles Police Chief George K. Home and officers

Description: A group portrait of Los Angeles police officers standing in front of the Stephen M. White statue, with the L.A. County Courthouse building behind them. At center, in front row is police chief George K. Home, wearing hat that says "Chief." The man second from left, front row, is Alexander W. Murray.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1919-1920
Call number: photCL_555_05_188
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Police statue, Randolph Street, Chicago

Manuscripts

A view of a statue of a Chicago police officer in the middle of Randolph Street in Chicago. The statue is mounted on a stone base with the words "In the name of the people of Illinois, I command peace" carved in the front side. A metal fence surrounds the statue, with an older man in a hat standing in front of it. There are businesses and wagons on both sides of the statue.

mssLattaS, Box 117, Folder 30, Item 1

Los Angeles police chief Elton and commissioners, 1902

Visual Materials

A photograph with the Police Chief, Charles Elton, surrounded by 4 pictures of the commissioners. Commissioners photographed: J. A. Keeney; S. R. Thorpe; Willard H. Stimson; and G. W. Walker.

photCL Pierce 01107

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Parker, W. H. - Los Angeles Police Chief

Manuscripts

Letter from Police Chief William H. Parker to L. D. Hotchkiss regarding the Los Angeles Times' work in promoting Charter Amendment #1 in the 1957 election. File of L. D. Hotchkiss.

mssLAT

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Los Angeles Police Department

Manuscripts

9 items: two LAT clips from 10/1888 on police corruption ; 6-pp. POLICE DEPARTMENT...Annual report of W.A. Hammel, Chief of Police (1904) ; tear sheet from Daily Police Bulletin, 1/21/1929 ; copies of three 1960 LAT editorials, "Anarchy protects no one," 4/21, "Undermining the police force," 7/19, "The bright badge of the LAPD" ; LAT editorial, "Treading the volcano's crust," 7/23/1970 ; LAT editorial, "Who is betraying the students?", 12/13/1974.

mssLAT

Motorcycle officer Andrew de Villa, former Venice police chief, Los Angeles County. 1926

Visual Materials

Officer Andrew de Villa, the former police chief of Venice, poses on his motorcycle, possibly in Los Angeles County. The motorcycle is a Harley Davidson, with added flashing lights, a siren, and storage bags over the rear tire. Parked automobiles and a street of businesses are in the background.

photCL Whitt 2136 ; Whitt neg. 0090

Motorcycle police in front of Birch-Smith Fireproof Storage Co. building, 3601-3631 South Grand, Los Angeles. 1924

Visual Materials

A panoramic view of motorcycle police arranged in a long row along South Grand. There are 28 men on bikes wearing their police uniforms, and 5 at the far right who are out of uniform. The men are posed in front of Birch-Smith Fireproof Storage Co. building, located at 3601-3631 South Grand.

photCL 470 (050)

Los Angeles Police Chief George K. Home and officers

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