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Lost driver Charlie Abboud from Omaha gets help from Lt. C. A. Kirby, who explains LA freeway system, Calif., 1959

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Title: Lost driver Charlie Abboud from Omaha gets help from Lt. C. A. Kirby, who explains LA freeway system, Calif., 1959
Date Created and/or Issued: April 16, 1959
1959-04-16
Publication Information: Los Angeles Times
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Archives
Rights Information: US
UCLA Library Special Collections, A1713 Charles E. Young Research Library, Box 951575, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575. Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu. Phone: (310) 825-4988
Description: DISENCHANTED-Charlie Abboud, left, a letter carrier from Omaha who spent eight terrifying hours as a captive on the freeway system, calls on Lt. C. A. Kirby to explain where he went wrong. Abboud, here to visit a relative, says he is going back home as soon as he can find his way-but not via a freeway.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b383_116326
ark:/21198/zz0002q7b4
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Automobile driving on highways
Tourists--California--Los Angeles
Express highways--California--Los Angeles County
People
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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