Motorcycle Officer Frank Conkey shows new radio receiver to Dave Harris and Jack Johnson, Los Angeles, 1935

Item Overview

Title

Motorcycle Officer Frank Conkey shows new radio receiver to Dave Harris and Jack Johnson, Los Angeles, 1935

Date Created

November 1935

Date

1935-11

Publisher

Los Angeles Times

Collection

Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Notes

Description

Photograph of motorcycle police officer Frank Conkey on a Harley Davidson motorcycle, demonstrating a new receiving radio installed on the motorcycle to 2 boys, Dave Harris and Jack Johnson.

Caption

Text from negative sleeve: 3110. L to R: Officer Frank Conkey, Jack [sic] Harris, Jack Johnson. 12-7-35. [Stamped:] DEC 11 1935.
Text from newspaper caption: Mounted" Men" Try Out Radio: First experiments in actual operation of radio receiving sets mounted on motorcycles is being conducted by San Fernando Valley division of Los Angeles Police Department. If Successful, all department machines will be so equipped. Motorcycle Officer Frank Conkey shows Dave Harris, center, and Jack Johnson, of Van Nuys, how the sets are operated. [Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 1935: A6]

Physical Description

Extent

1 photograph

Medium

b&w nitrate negative

Keywords

Genre

cellulose nitrate film
news photographs

Names

Harris, Dave
Johnson, Jack
Conkey, Frank, 1888-1967

Location

Los Angeles (Calif.)

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Motorcycle police--California--Los Angeles
Radio--Receivers and reception
Motorcycles--American--California--Los Angeles
Harley-Davidson motorcycle