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Title
Officers McGill and McGill
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued
Circa 1974
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
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Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was edited for publication purposes.
Pictured are Los Angeles Police Officers David T. McGill (in crutches), and his wife, Cheryl McGill (holding flowers). Cheryl McGill joined the department in 1969, quit in 1972 for personal reasons, and then decided to come back after her husband was disabled in a police helicopter training accident. This mother of three, and only woman in her graduating class, finished seventh in a class comprised of 60-70 men. Photograph was probably taken after the graduation ceremonies. Photograph circa 1974.
Type
Image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;32 x 22 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00130265
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 255
CARL0005686652
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/34703
Subject
Los Angeles Police Academy
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees
Policewomen--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Police--Uniforms
Husband and wife--California--Los Angeles
Crutches--California--Los Angeles
Women--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
Trees--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Group portraits
Time Period
1971-1980

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