Police cadets Melva Myers, Betty Webster, Norma Johnston, Janet Elvedahl and Betty Hern posing with guns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948

Item Overview

Title: Police cadets Melva Myers, Betty Webster, Norma Johnston, Janet Elvedahl and Betty Hern posing with guns in Los Angeles, Calif., 1948
Date Created: June 13, 1948
Date: 1948-06-13
Publisher: Los Angeles Times
Language: No linguistic content
Collection: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Caption: STRAIGHT SHOOTERS -- A man's afraid of a woman with a gun in her hand, police officers say, and here are five of them who really know how to handle those special Colt 38s. Left to right, Mrs. Melva Myers, Mrs. Betty Webster, Miss Norma Johnston, Miss Janet Elvedahl and Miss Betty Hern, all members of current training class.

Physical Description

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

Keywords

Genre: news photographs
Names: Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Dept.
Location: Los Angeles (Calif.)--Officials and employees
Resource type: still image
Subjects: Police recruits--California--Los Angeles
Legal
Policewomen--California--Los Angeles
People

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Local Identifier: uclalat_1429_b41_52093-1
ARK: ark:/21198/zz0002qvfc
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