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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph caption dated January 5, 1957 reads, "Van Nuys police record clerk Ann Isaio and officer Roy Tilden toss old Police Dept. files in basement incinerator. Several tons of old records, radio logs, file ledgers and daily reports were destroyed."
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1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department Los Angeles (Calif.).--Police Department--Officials and employees Police--California--Los Angeles Clerks--California--Los Angeles Women--California--Los Angeles Men--California--Los Angeles Records disposal--California--Los Angeles Records--California--Los Angeles--Management Police--Records and correspondence Incinerators--California--Los Angeles Van Nuys (Los Angeles, Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs
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