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Title
Wear Army khaki before Police blue
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
1956
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 February 2, 1956 reads, "Capt. John H. Kinsling of Valley Police Division shows new Valley MPs the police badge they hope to wear after their hitch in Army. They are, left to right, David L. Robbie, 18, Brian D. Prosser, 17, Donald H. Stanley, 18, and Robert W. Harrel Jr., 18, extreme right. Flanking Kinsling are, left, Sgt. Alvin L. Pierce, Fort MacArthur M.P. and M/Sgt. Clay W. Brion, Valley recruiting supervisor."
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00137513
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d044_f38_i22
CARL0005662500
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/67290
Subject
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
United States.--Army
Police stations--California--San Fernando Valley
Police--California--San Fernando Valley
Teenage boys--California--San Fernando Valley
Men--California--San Fernando Valley
Military service, Voluntary--United States
Military uniforms
Recruiting and enlistment
San Fernando Valley (Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1951-1960

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