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Title: Two officers test .38 caliber guns
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1962
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph article dated April 26, 1962 partially reads, "A recent firearms demonstration graphically exploded several misconceptions regarding the power of a .38 caliber pistol and ammunition used in police work. Firing tests at the Burbank Police range, rangemaster Ted Lane assisted by officer Bob Steele demonstrated the effectiveness of the shotgun, the revolver, the Thompson sub-machine gun and the .45 caliber Reising gun to more than 100 police officers and spectators."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00115159
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d016_f29_i28
CARL0005308901
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/49028
Subject: Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.).--Police Department
Police shooting ranges--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Rifles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Police--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Automobiles--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Valley Times Collection photographs

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