Police officer Paul Lembke showing safety [seat] belt installed in all police cars in Torrance, Calif., 1961

Item Overview

Title: Police officer Paul Lembke showing safety [seat] belt installed in all police cars in Torrance, Calif., 1961
Date Created: May 21, 1961
Date: 1961-05-21
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: EXTRA PRECAUTION--Officer Paul Lembke shows safety belt which has been installed in all Torrance police cars. Belt, molded after those worn by race drivers, has one strap over the left shoulder and other around waist. It is designed to keep driver's head from hitting the windshield in a collision.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 photograph
Dimensions: 5 x 5 cm.
Medium: b&w negative

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Torrance (Calif.). Police Dept.
Location: Torrance (Calif.)
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Automobiles--Seat belts
Transportation
Police vehicles--California--Los Angeles County
Legal

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Repository: University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections
Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b764_209880
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002qg8g
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