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Title
Giant tank truck checked
Alternative Title
Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor
This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued
1954
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated August 12, 1954 reads, "As part of their spot checks, California Highway Patrol's Sgt. A. B. McCormick and crew stop tank truck on Highway 6 near Solemint Junction. Truck was weighed, checked for other defects, and when found to conform to legal requirements, allowed to proceed northward. Driver is Paul Miller."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00140257
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d047_f37_i30
CARL0005711735
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70072
Subject
California.--Department of the California Highway Patrol
California.--Department of the California Highway Patrol--Officials and employees
Traffic police--California--Los Angeles County
Trucks--Inspection--California--Los Angeles County
Trucks--California--Los Angeles County
Tank trucks--California--Los Angeles County
Roads--California--Los Angeles County
United States Highway 6
Los Angeles County (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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