Sheriff & deputies in Ct., L.A. Calif – Historic Reproduction
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with Sheriff & deputies in Ct., L.A. Calif, a historic photograph rich in period detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Sheriff & deputies in Ct., L.A. Calif
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The record places this group of officers in Los Angeles, California, and the abbreviation "Ct." suggests a courthouse or court setting, though the title was supplied by the photo agency without verification. The sheriff and his deputies were probably photographed in the early twentieth century, when Bain News Service sold news pictures of local officials and events to newspapers across the country. Glass negatives like this one were the standard working medium of that era, and their fine detail lets viewers study uniforms, badges and the setting. With no date in the record, the picture is best read as a snapshot of county law enforcement in that period rather than a documented single event.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 5,722 × 4,204 px · prints to 19 × 14 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-11443 |
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