Access to this collection is generously supported by Haynes Foundation funds. Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds. Photograph of motorcycle police officer Frank Conkey on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, demonstrating a new receiving radio installed on the motorcycle to 2 boys, Dave Harris and Jack Johnson. Text from negative sleeve: 3110. L to R: Officer Frank Conkey, Jack [sic] Harris, Jack Johnson. 12-7-35. [Stamped:] DEC 11 1935. Text from newspaper caption: Mounted" Men" Try Out Radio: First experiments in actual operation of radio receiving sets mounted on motorcycles is being conducted by San Fernando Valley division of Los Angeles Police Department. If Successful, all department machines will be so equipped. Motorcycle Officer Frank Conkey shows Dave Harris, center, and Jack Johnson, of Van Nuys, how the sets are operated. [Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1935: A6]
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Image
Format
b&w nitrate negative
Identifier
uclamss_1429_10928 ark:/21198/zz002hb28w
Subject
Motorcycles--American--California--Los Angeles Motorcycle police--California--Los Angeles Radio--Receivers and reception Harley-Davidson motorcycle Conkey, Frank, 1888-1967 Johnson, Jack Harris, Dave
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