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Photograph caption dated July 16, 1957 reads "Capt. Hiram Swallow, 37, member of Los Angeles County Fire Department in Newhall, has been promoted to battalion chief. He will be in charge of B shift supervising 10 companies and area of 1,100 square miles."
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