LAPD Street Signs 1920s

LAPD Street Signs 1920s

Officer John Gingles Magness
(March 23, 1888 — May 21, 1920)

Cause of death: Officer Magness died as the result of an automobile accident.

Location of sign: Northwest corner of West Adams Boulevard and South Grand Avenue

Officer Elijah Pierce Bradley
(July 7, 1884 — June 15, 1920)

Cause of death: Officer Bradley died as the result of a motorcycle accident.

Location of sign: Northeast corner of Lankershim and Cahuenga boulevards

Det. Sgt. John Fitzgerald
(June 16, 1880 — June 18, 1921)

Cause of death: Det. Sgt. Fitzgerald was shot and killed during a raid on the home of a suspected burglar.

Location of sign: Northwest corner of Pico Boulevard and Westmoreland Avenue

Officer Ralph David Green
(March 26, 1898 — Jan. 11, 1924)

Cause of death: Officer Green died as the result of an automobile accident.

Location of sign: South side of Washington Boulevard, between Bonsallo Avenue and the 110 Freeway overpass

Officer George Settell Papst
(April 10, 1898 — July 27, 1924)

Cause of death: Officer Papst died as the result of a motorcycle accident.

Location of sign: Southwest corner of Avenue 50 and Figueroa Street

Officer Ralph Miover
(July 7, 1891 — April 11, 1925)

Cause of death: Officer Miover died as the result of a motorcycle accident.

Location of sign: Los Angeles Police Academy

Officer Andrew J. Davilla
(Nov. 23, 1892 — Sept. 10, 1926)

Officer Davilla died as the result of a motorcycle accident.

Location of sign: Los Angeles Police Academy

Officer Charles Milton Partin
(1898 — Jan. 23, 1927)

Cause of death: Officer Partin died as the result of a motorcycle accident.

Location of sign: South side of West Washington Boulevard, east of Virginia Road

Officer Lewis Long
(1882 — April 18, 1929)

Cause of death: Officer Long died as the result of an automobile accident.

Location of sign: South side of West Pico Boulevard, east of L.A. Live Way