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Title
Sobriety test, woman driver in traffic death of pedestrian, 1952
Date Created and/or Issued
1952-02-29
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
Los Angeles Examiner Collection, 1920-1961
Rights Information
Contact: Special Collections, Doheny Memorial Library, Libraries, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189; specol@usc.edu
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles, CA 90089-0189
USC Libraries Special Collections
University of Southern California
specol@usc.edu
Description
1 image. Sobriety test, woman driver in traffic death of pedestrian, 29 February 1952. Ruby M. Reed -- 39 years (of 951 Upland Street, San Pedro, taking sobriety test by desk Sergeant at Long Beach Police Station after her car assertedly struck and killed woman pedestrian at Junipero Avenue and East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach. She failed test and was booked on felony drunk driving and manslaughter).
Type
image
Format
1 photograph : negative, b&w
13 x 10 cm.
image/tiff
negatives (photographic)
photographs
Identifier
examiner-m9455
EXM-N-9498-029
http://doi.org/10.25549/examiner-m9455
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/EXM-N-9498-029.jpg
Language
English
Subject
Drunk driving
Traffic accidents
Time Period
1952-02-29
Place
California
Junipero Avenue
East Ocean Boulevard
Long Beach
Los Angeles
USA
Source
9498-029 [Sleeve Number]
University of Southern California [Contributing entity]
Relation
Los Angeles Examiner Negatives Collection, 1950-1961
Los Angeles Examiner Photographs Collection, 1920-1961
examiner-m1663

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