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Police cadets Melva Myers, Betty Webster, Norma Johnston, Janet Elvedahl and Betty Hern posing with guns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

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Title: Police cadets Melva Myers, Betty Webster, Norma Johnston, Janet Elvedahl and Betty Hern posing with guns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948
Date Created and/or Issued: June 13, 1948
1948-06-13
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: STRAIGHT SHOOTERS -- A man's afraid of a woman with a gun in her hand, police officers say, and here are five of them who really know how to handle those special Colt 38s. Left to right, Mrs. Melva Myers, Mrs. Betty Webster, Miss Norma Johnston, Miss Janet Elvedahl and Miss Betty Hern, all members of current training class.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b41_52093-1
ark:/21198/zz0002qvfc
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Police recruits--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Policewomen--California--Los Angeles
People
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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