Lost driver Charlie Abboud from Omaha gets help from Lt. C. A. Kirby, who explains LA freeway system, Calif., 1959

Item Overview

Title: Lost driver Charlie Abboud from Omaha gets help from Lt. C. A. Kirby, who explains LA freeway system, Calif., 1959
Date Created: April 16, 1959
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: DISENCHANTED-Charlie Abboud, left, a letter carrier from Omaha who spent eight terrifying hours as a captive on the freeway system, calls on Lt. C. A. Kirby to explain where he went wrong. Abboud, here to visit a relative, says he is going back home as soon as he can find his way-but not via a freeway.

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Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 10 x 12.5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Subjects: Express highways--California--Los Angeles County
People
Automobile driving on highways
Tourists--California--Los Angeles
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)
Resource type: still image

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local identifier: uclalat_1429_b383_116326
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002q7b4
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