Van Nuys police officer's life saved by crash-helmet
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Valley Times Photo Collection
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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
Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated June 4, 1962 reads, "Sgt. Frank Claridge points to helmet that saved fellow officer's life." The article partially reads, "The officer, Clinton O. Erickson, is now recuperating with a left leg broken in three places, a right leg broken in one place, and numerous cuts and bruises. But his head is intact. Capt. W. L. Richie, of the Van Nuys division attributes Erickson' being alive today to the $10,000 helmet on his head."
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image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees Police--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Pointing (Gesture)--California--Los Angeles Motorcycle helmets--California--Los Angeles Police--California--Los Angeles--Equipment and supplies Police stations--California--Van Nuys (Los Angeles) Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Portrait photographs Valley Times Collection photographs
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