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Title
Motorcycle policemen fear drivers more than bullets
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
1961
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 article dated September 18, 1961 partially reads, "A two-ton automobile driven by a good citizen is more potentially lethal to a Valley motorcycle traffic officer than is a gun in the hands of a madman. "There are a lot more cops hurt in traffic accidents," one veteran motor officer said, "than are shot." In the Valley there are 84 such motorcycle policemen who must keep a defensive, wary eye open for the 'good citizens.'" An unidentified motorcycle officer keeps an eye out for speeding motorists.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00123210
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d027_f19_i11
CARL0005413175
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/55442
Subject
Pepper Tree Lodge Motel (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Motorcycle police--California--San Fernando Valley
Motorcycles--California--San Fernando Valley
Police--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Police--Uniforms
Streets--California--San Fernando Valley
Motels--California--San Fernando Valley
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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