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Title supplied by cataloger. Photograph caption dated August 28, 1959 reads, "She Weeps Alone. Mrs. Carmen Garcia, 44, of Sylmar, sits alone in women's detention cell of Van Nuys court building as she awaits preliminary hearing on hit-run charges. Mrs. Garcia is accused of driving auto that struck two Sun Valley girls last week."
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1 photographic print :b&w ; 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Van Nuys Courthouse (Los Angeles, Calif.) Detention of persons--California--Los Angeles Hit-and-run drivers Traffic accidents--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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