Archiving Angeles (AA): Police Dispatch

April 18, 2008 at 11:00 am in History

Loretta McCracken may not have been a police dispatcher or a radio operator. But, she was a girl with big dreams and a can-do attitude, and she ran a mean teletype. She was LAPD.

The year was 1965.

Photo from UCLA Library Digital Collections

8 Comments »

laexpat

Love the hair! Teased until it cried.
http://www.wildbell.com WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL

Dare I say it? That’s not a hair-do that’s a can-do!
http://www.sixsquare.com Will (Liam) Keightley

I love these sorts of photos!
colinski

That is some awesome hair.
http://www.wildbell.com WILL•I•AM CAMPBELL

Dragnet Meets Aqua-Net!
theuglyamerican

Looks like a movie still from Pink Flamingos.
http://frazgomeanders.blogspot.com frazgo

Love the ‘doo…I think they still do that big hair in Dallas
http://carversdog.wordpress.com/2008/04/20/lit-blogging-45/ Lit Blogging 4.5 « Carver’s Dog

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