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Title: 20 youths attack officer, rescuer
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: 1955
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 April 30, 1955 reads "Officer Glen E. Foster. Beat up by mob." The article partially reads "Officer Glen E. Foster was treated in Sun Valley Receiving Hospital last night after being struck repeated (sic) head blows by a gang trying to prevent the arrest of one of their companions."; See images #00142490 through #00142491 for all photos in this series.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00142491
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d051_f2_i28
CARL0005743176
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/70882
Subject: Men--California--Los Angeles
Police--California--Los Angeles
Victims of crimes--California--Los Angeles
Crime--California--Los Angeles
Assault and battery--California--Los Angeles
Bandages and bandaging
Sun Valley (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period: 1951-1960

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