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Sheriff Gene Biscailuz tries new radio equipment with Herbert C. Legg, Gordon L. McDonough, and Charles Ellison, Los Angeles, 1936

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Title: Sheriff Gene Biscailuz tries new radio equipment with Herbert C. Legg, Gordon L. McDonough, and Charles Ellison, Los Angeles, 1936
Date Created and/or Issued: February 13, 1936
1936-02-13
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: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph appears with the headline, "New Two-Way Radio Viewed," Los Angeles Times, 07 Feb 1936: A11.
Biscailuz listens with headphones on while Legg sits beside him, watching. McDonough leans on Biscailuz's chair, watching while Ellison looks into the camera.
Text from negative sleeve: 3602 - L to R. Sherriff Gene biscailuz, Supervisor Herbert Legge, Supervisor Gordon L. McDonough, Charles E. Ellison. Instalation of radio in East L.A. sub-station. 2/10/36 [stamped:] Feb 13 1936
Text from newspaper caption: Belvedere station's new two-way radio equipment installed for the use of Sheriffs' cars, was inspected yesterday by Supervisors and Sheriff Biscailuz. The Sheriff is shown with ear phones, with Supervisor Legg on his left. In rear are Supervisor McDonough, left, and Charles E. Ellison, in charge of radio communication and transportation.
Type: image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1429_12687
ark:/21198/zz002hmr5k
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: Radios
Sheriffs--California--Los Angeles
Legg, Herbert C., 1887-1958
Biscailuz, Eugene W., 1883-1969
Ellison, Charles, 1889-1972
McDonough, Gordon L., 1895-1968
Source: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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