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Description:: Woman talking to a boy and girl skipping school in downtown Los Angeles. The truancy problem prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:: March 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Woman talks to a group of teenagers skipping school outside a building in downtown Los Angeles. The truancy problem prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:: March 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Boys from financially disadvantaged backgrounds participate in a free summer camp in Griffith Park. The camp, which was organized by Sheriff Biscailuz, lasted hosted groups of 100 boys for 10 days at a time. While at camp, the boys participated in activities such as swimming, fencing, baseball, various hobbies, and a nonsectarian religious program. The camp's 1937 season lasted from July 6th to September 4th.
Date:: [circa July 6, 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Physical oceanographer Dr. George McEwan of Scripps Institute of Oceanography sits at desk.
Date:: October 15, 1930
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Track athletes pass batons in a relay event during the All-City High School track and field meet.
Date:: June 1937
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Visiting California beat the home UCLA Bruins, 14-2. Both teams went on to tie for the conference championship for 1935.
Date:: November 2, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Man reads a book while sitting with a dog on the library steps at the Unemployed Citizens' League of Santa Monica (a localized group of self-sustaining and self-respecting people). Many cooperatives like this one emerged in California during the 1930s, specifically in the Los Angeles - Orange County area
Date:: [1930s]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Five girls sitting around a table in a classroom--where they should be rather than skipping school. The truancy problem in March 1946 prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:: March 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Woman talking to a group of girls skipping school in downtown Los Angeles. The truancy problem prompted the 10th District Congress of Parents and Teachers to recommend an expansion of the truancy detail, which would include increasing personnel in outlying portions of the district as well as on beaches
Date:: March 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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