Dick Russell signing the speeding ticket he received from police officer Dick Barlow during a planned race to demonstrate the importance of following traffic laws, Los Angeles, 1947
Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Dick Russell signing the speeding ticket he received from police officer Dick Barlow during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the officer intervened. Russell is holding the Dunce cap he was obliged to wear after the exercise. Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: Richard Barlow Dick Russell
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b&w nitrate negative
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Ticketing--California--Los Angeles Government Fools' caps Transportation Traffic regulations--California--Los Angeles Legal Police--California--Los Angeles Barlow, Dick Russell, Dick
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