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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated December 24, 1955 reads, "Chart death-accident toll - Clerk Esther Moir of San Fernando puts new pin in map hanging in Newhall California Highway Patrol station to show concentration of highway accidents in Lancaster area during 1955. Texas-shaped area of pins shows territory covered by patrolmen, including 1500 miles of public roads and 200 miles of state highway, in all 2200 square miles. Heavy cluster below Lancaster represents Palmdale traffic toll while pins in lower left concentration are Newhall accidents. Highway Patrol covers Highway 99, left dark line, north to Kern County line; Highway 6, bottom, swinging east and north through Lancaster to Kern County line and Highway 138, right, east to San Bernardino County line."; See images #00124903 theough #00124909 for all photos in this series.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
California Highway Patrol--Officials and employees Traffic accident investigation--California--Newhall Express highways--California, Southern--Maps Women--California--Newhall Maps Newhall (Calif.) Santa Clarita (Calif.) Los Angeles County (Calif.)--Maps Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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