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Description:: Dick Russell signing the speeding ticket he received from police officer Dick Barlow during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the officer intervened. Russell is holding the Dunce cap he was obliged to wear after the exercise.
Date:: April 1, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police officer Dick Barlow writing a ticket for Dick Russell during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the Barlow intervened.
Date:: April 1, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Police officer Dick Barlow writing a ticket for Dick Russell during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the officer intervened.
Date:: April 1, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Automobile driven by Dick Russell and a bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies that competed in a race as part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until police officer Dick Barlow intervened. California Rug Cleaning Co. is in the background
Date:: April 1, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Test of a "streamlined" traffic plan proposed by street traffic engineer Ralph Dorsey for peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. The plan included an off-set center lane and no left turns during peak times, the changes would affect Wilshire Blvd, Flower, Figueroa, and 8th streets. After much debate, the plan was eventually rejected by the City Council.
Date:: March 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Test of a "streamlined" traffic plan proposed by street traffic engineer Ralph Dorsey for peak-hour traffic on Wilshire Boulevard. The plan included an off-set center lane and no left turns during peak times, the changes would affect Wilshire Blvd, Flower, Figueroa, and 8th streets. After much debate, the plan was eventually rejected by the City Council.
Date:: March 1940
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Chamber of Commerce ladies chastising Dick Russell for the speeding ticket he received from motorcycle officer Dick Barlow during a planned race between an automobile and a bus. The race was part of a "Don't be April fools, obey Traffic rules" campaign to prove that safe driving always prospers. Russell sped and disobeyed traffic laws in the automobile and almost beat safe driver Frank Lampley's bus full of Chamber of Commerce ladies, until the officer intervened.
Date:: April 1, 1947
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: From left to right, Municipal Judge William D. McConnell and City Prosecutor Jack Friedlander sit behind a desk in the Judge's office. Jack Friedlander holds up a piece of paper in front of them. Both men look down at the document.
Date:: [circa August 20, 1926]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: OpenUCLA Collections
Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: Editorial page of Los Angeles Examiner with titles such as "Must be Clear Right of Way for Popular Terminal Verdict", and "What Money Can't Buy" that touch on topics such as new traffic laws and boyhood.
Date:: March 10, 1926
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
OpenUCLA Collections

Description:: Photograph appears with the article, "Jail Meted to Dowling," Los Angeles Times, 18 July 1935: A2.
Date:: July 22, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

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