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Title
Cabbies 'ignore' taxi driver slaying
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
1962
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 caption dated July 21, 1962 reads "Ash." The article partially reads "The taxicabs were lined up as usual at the Lockheed Air Terminal in Burbank. But for the men inside, there was something different about their job. A Los Angeles cab driver was stabbed seven times and left on a deserted city street to die Thursday. 'Incidents like Thursday's bother you,' another cabbie said, 'but it's something you have to ignore.'' Cabbie Melvin Ash (pictured), North Hollywood, agreed.; See images #00138562 through #00138564 for all photos in this series.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;13 x 11 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00138563
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d046_f35_i5
CARL0005685991
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/68102
Subject
Yellow Cab Company--Employees
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Taxicab drivers--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Crime--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period
1961-1970

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