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Title
Woman speaks to truant children in downtown Los Angeles, March 1946
Date Created and/or Issued
March 1946
1946-03
Publication Information
Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution
UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information
US
Description
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Woman speaks to a boy and girl skipping school in downtown Los Angeles. The truancy problem prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: [L.A. Truancy]
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Truancy Detail LA; Mrs. Mallie Kerr
Type
image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
ark:/21198/zz00280fr2
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Girls--California--Los Angeles
Lifestyle
School attendance--California--Los Angeles
Boys--California--Los Angeles
Children--California--Los Angeles
Source
Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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