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Dispatchers using California's Auto-Statis computer system at Los Angeles Police dispatch center, 1965

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Title: Dispatchers using California's Auto-Statis computer system at Los Angeles Police dispatch center, 1965
Date Created and/or Issued: July 11, 1965
1965-07-11
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: SPLIT-SECOND RESPONSE-This high-speed teletype, part of a state-wide Auto-Statis computer system, provides instant information on automobiles. Dispatcher Dean Ward, center, receives query from girl radio operators in contact with patrol cars, hands the query to Loretta McCracken, lower left, who feeds the question into the teletype and gets an answer from Sacramento.
Type: image
Format: b&w negative
Identifier: uclalat_1429_b545_227745
ark:/21198/zz0002tbhh
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Teletype--California--Los Angeles
Science
Automobiles--Registration and transfer--California
Police communication systems--California--Los Angeles
Police dispatchers--California--Los Angeles
Office workers--California--Los Angeles County
Women clerks--California--Los Angeles County
Legal
Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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